Gjone

Gjone is a village in Larvik Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The village is located about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) to the south of the larger village of Kvelde and approximately 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north of the town of Larvik.^[2] Gjone consists of six main farms. The three original farms, Nord Gjone,^[3] Mellem Gjone^[4] and Gjone Gård,^[5] were further divided into other farms due to the old system of land partition, whereby every son inherited his own portion of the land.^[6] Today, approximately forty people live in the Gjone area.

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Gjone
Village
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Coordinates: 59°10′48″N 9°59′25″E / 59.18006°N 9.99038°E / 59.18006; 9.99038
Country	Norway
Region	Eastern Norway
County	Vestfold
District	Vestfold
Municipality	Larvik Municipality
Elevation [1]	30 m (98 ft)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code	3282 Kvelde
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1. ^ "Gjone, Larvik". yr.no. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
2. ^ "Distance from Gjone to Larvik - Norway.Places-in-the-world.com". norway.places-in-the-world.com. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
3. ^ "Lars Mikkelsen Nord-Gjone". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
4. ^ "Johan Kristoffersen, Gjone Mellem". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
5. ^ "Gjone Gård, Kvelde | bedrift | gulesider.no". www.gulesider.no. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
6. ^ Falkanger, Thor (18 December 2020), "åsetesrett", Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian Bokmål), retrieved 18 March 2022

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