Official Name: | Stokke |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Norway Vestfold#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Eastern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Vestfold |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Vestfold |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Sandefjord Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Area Total Km2: | 2.31 |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Population Total: | 4221 |
Population Density Km2: | 1827 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 3160 Stokke |
Coordinates: | 59.2236°N 10.3003°W |
Elevation M: | 58 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Stokke is a village in Sandefjord Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The village is located about to the northeast of the city of Sandefjord and about to the southwest of the city of Tønsberg. The village of Melsomvik and the Tønsbergfjorden lie about to the east of Stokke.[2]
The 2.31km2 village has a population (2022) of 4,221 and a population density of .[3]
Stokke was the administrative centre of the old Stokke Municipality which existed from 1838 until its dissolution on 1 January 2017.
The European route E18 highway passes to the northwest of the village. The Vestfoldbanen railway line passes through the village, stopping at the Stokke Station. Stokke Church is located in the village. The village is the site of the Bokemoa elementary school and Stokke secondary school. The Gjennestad upper secondary school lies just a short distance north of the village.