Herre, Norway

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Herre
Herre (Norway)
Coordinates: 59°06′13″N9°33′43″E / 59.10351°N 9.56194°E / 59.10351; 9.56194
Country Norway
Region Eastern Norway
County Vestfold og Telemark
District Grenland
Municipality Bamble Municipality
Area
[1]
 • Total1.75 km2 (0.68 sq mi)
Elevation
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6 m (20 ft)
Population
 (2022) [1]
 • Total1,281
 • Density732/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code
3965 Herre

Herre is a village in Bamble Municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The village is located in the northern part of the municipality on the western side of the Frierfjord. There are road connections to Skien/Porsgrunn to the northeast and to Stathelle to the southeast. Herre Church, built in 1905, is located in the village.

The 1.75-square-kilometre (430-acre) village has a population (2022) of 1,281 and a population density of 732 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,900/sq mi). [1]

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Herre Church

Herre School provides grades 1-10 education. During the 2018/19 school year, there were 156 pupils and 29 staff members, of which 15 were teachers. The school building was originally completed in 1953, but has been upgraded in recent years with a new gym. [3]

History

For a long time, the Herre river was an important source of jobs for the people of the village. In the late 1600s, with the opening of the Bolvik ironworks, Herre was established as one of Telemark's oldest industrial areas. [4] In the 1850s, a coal mill was established just outside Herre, at Hellestvedt. In the early twentieth century, Compagnie Française de Mines de Bamble (later known as Norwegian Bamble A/S) was established in Herre to mine the large apatite deposits. [5] Compagnie Française de Mines de Bamble was at the time one of Norway's biggest industrial companies. [6] In 1907, Bamble's first power station was opened at Kongens Dam. Bamble Cellulosefabrikk was also an important workplace for the people of Herre from 1888 to 1978. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2022). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
  2. ↑ "Herre, Bamble". yr.no . Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "Herre Skole". bamble.kommune.no (in Norwegian). Bamble Kommune. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  4. ↑ Tor Kjetil Gardåsen (20 November 2011). "Herre i Bamble". Telemarkhistorie.blogspot.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  5. ↑ Nijland, Timo G.; Harlov, Daniel E.; Andersen, Tom (2014). "The Bamble Sector, South Norway: A review". Geoscience Frontiers. 5 (5): 635–658. doi: 10.1016/j.gsf.2014.04.008 .
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  7. ↑ "Arkivskaper: ARKS-1018 / Bamble Cellulosefabrikk A/S" (in Norwegian). National Archival Services of Norway . Retrieved 3 June 2011.

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