Hem is a village and statistical area (grunnkrets) in Larvik

Larvik

is a city and municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Larvik. Larvik kommune - has about 41 364 inhabitants and covers 530 km2....

 municipality, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. Before 1988 it was a part of Tjølling

Tjølling

Tjølling is a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. Tjølling was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 . It was merged with Larvik January 1, 1988.-Location:...

 municipality.

The statistical area Hem, which also can include the peripheral parts of the village as well as the surrounding countryside, has a population of 780.

The village Hem is located in the eastern part of the municipality. It is considered a part of the urban settlement Sandefjord, which covers the greater Sandefjord city area and stretches towards Stokke

Stokke

Stokke is a municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Stokke.-Background:The municipality of Stokke was established on 1 January 1838...

 and into peripheral parts of Larvik

Larvik

is a city and municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Larvik. Larvik kommune - has about 41 364 inhabitants and covers 530 km2....

municipality. The urban settlement Sandefjord has a population of 39,849, of which 705 people live within Larvik.