Bamble kommune
—  Municipality  —
Coat of arms Telemark within Norway
Bamble within Telemark
Coordinates: 59°1′11″N 9°33′39″E / 59.01972, 9.56083
Country	Norway
County	Telemark
District	Grenland
Municipality ID	NO-0814
Administrative centre	Langesund
Government
- Mayor (2003)	Anne Margrete Blaker (Ap)
Area (Nr. 274 in Norway)
- Total	304 km² (117.4 sq mi)
- Land	282 km² (108.9 sq mi)
Population (2004)
- Total	14,163
- Density	50/km² (129.5/sq mi)
- Change (10 years)	0.6 %
- Rank in Norway	70
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Official language form	Neutral
Demonym	Bambling (contemporary)/Bemling (archaic)[1]
Data from Statistics Norway
Website: www.bamble.kommune.no

Bamble is a municipality in the county of Telemark, Norway.

Bamble was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The lading place of Stathelle was separated from Bamble in 1851, but again merged with Bamble January 1, 1964. The lading place of Langesund was also merged with Bamble the same date.

The name

The Norse form of the name was Bamblar. The meaning of the name is unknown.

Until 1918 the name was written "Bamle".

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1986). It shows a ship's wheel.

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