Våle
Våle Municipality
Våle kommune | |
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| Våle herred (historic name) | |
View of the local Våle Church | |
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Vestfold within Norway | |
Våle within Vestfold | |
| Coordinates: 59°25′11″N 10°16′36″E / 59.41979°N 10.27664°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vestfold |
| District | Jarlsberg |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 2002 |
| • Succeeded by | Re Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Kirkevoll |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 82 km2 (32 sq mi) |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 4,248 |
| • Density | 51.8/km2 (134/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Vålesokning |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0716 |
Våle is a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The 82-square-kilometre (32 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2002. The area is now part of Tønsberg Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Kirkevoll (it was at Sørby prior to 1990). Other villages in the rural, agricultural municipality included: Brekkeåsen, Rånerudåsen, Svinevoll, Sørby, and Gretteåsen.
The famous Jarlsberg cheese first was produced in Våle. The medieval Våle Church was the main church for the municipality.