Vemundvik

Vemundvik

Vemundvik

Village in Central Norway, Norway

This article is about the village in Namsos, Norway. For the former municipality in Norway, see Vemundvik (municipality).

Vemundvik is a village in Namsos municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the 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.

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The village of Vemundvik was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Vemundvik from 1838 until 1941, when the municipal administration moved to the nearby town of Namsos.[2]

Name

The village (and former municipality) is named after the old farm of Vemundvik, where the Vemundvik Church was located. The Old Norse form of the name was Old Norse: Vémundarvik. The first part of the name is derived from the male name Vemund and the last part is vik which means cove.[2]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Vemundvik include:

References

  1. [1]
    "Vemundvik, Namsos (Trøndelag)". yr.no. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  2. [2]
    Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (14 November 2017). "Vemundvik – tidligere kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 19 April 2018.


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