Larvik
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| County | Vestfold | |
| Landscape | ||
| Municipality | NO-0709 | |
| Administrative centre | Larvik | |
| Mayor (2003) | Øyvind Riise Jenssen (H) | |
| Official language form | Bokmål | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage | Ranked 199 535 km² 501 km² 0.17 % | |
| Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density | Ranked 17 40,990 0.90 % 5.5 % 82/km² | |
| Coordinates | 59°4′ N 10°0′ E | |
| www.larvik.kommune.no | ||
Larvik is a municipality in the county of Vestfold, Norway. The municipality covers an area of 530 km². The district also includes the villages Stavern, Nevlunghavn, Helgeroa, Kvelde, Hvarnes and Tjølling. Other noteable places is the lake Farris and the river Numedalslågen, locally called Lågen, wich terminates in the fjord of Larvik. A source of fresh water located below the city's beech tree forest also bears the name Farris.
Larvik has a daily ferry connection to Frederikshavn in Denmark.
Larvik houses the Treschow estate which is currently owned by Mille-Marie Treschow, the richest woman in Norway.
The world's most northern natural occurrence of beech trees (Fagus sylvatica) in Bøkeskogen (Beech Tree Forest).
Notable natives
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| Municipalities of Vestfold | Missing image Vestfold_vapen.png Vestfold coat of arms |
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Andebu | Hof | Holmestrand | Horten | Lardal | Larvik | Nøtterøy | Re | Sande | Sandefjord | Stokke | Svelvik | Tjøme | Tønsberg | |