Place:Botne, Vestfold, Norway

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NameBotne
TypeFormer municipality
Located inVestfold, Norway
Also located inHolmestrand, Vestfold, Norway    
See alsoHolmestrand, Vestfold, Norwaychild municipality
Våle, Vestfold, Norwaychild municipality (a small part)
Contained Places
Parish
Hillestad
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Botne is a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway.

The parish of Botne was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). According to the 1835 census the municipality had a population of 1,600. In 1942 a part of Botne with 148 inhabitants was moved to Holmestrand, and in 1947 a part with 8 inhabitants was moved to Våle. On 1 January 1964 the rest of Botne was incorporated into Holmestrand. Prior to the merger Botne had a population of 5,656.

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