Vemundvik[2] is a village in Namsos Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the sea shore, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of the town of Namsos and about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) east of the village of Ramsvika. Vemundvik Church is located in the village.
Vemundvik | |
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Village | |
 View of the village church, Vemundvik Church | |
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  Vemundvik  Vemundvik | |
| Coordinates: 64°31′04″N 11°32′31″E / 64.5177°N 11.5420°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| Region | Central Norway |
| County | Trøndelag |
| District | Namdalen |
| Municipality | Namsos Municipality |
| Elevation | 31 m (102 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC 01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC 02:00 (CEST) |
| Post Code | 7810 Namsos |
The village of Vemundvik was the administrative centre of the old Vemundvik Municipality from 1838 until 1941, when the municipal administration moved to the nearby town of Namsos.[3]
Name
editThe village (originally the parish) is named after the old Vemundvik farm (Old Norse: Vémundarvík) since the first Vemundvik Church was built there. The first element is an old male name Vémundr or the more modern version, Vemund. The last element is vík which means "bay" or "inlet".[3][4]
Notable people
editNotable people that were born or lived in Vemundvik include:
- Jørgen Johannes Havig (1808–1883), a Norwegian politician
References
edit- ^ "Vemundvik, Namsos (Trøndelag)". yr.no. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ a b Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (14 November 2017). "Vemundvik – tidligere kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ Rygh, Oluf (1903). Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Trondhjems amt (in Norwegian) (15 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 322.
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