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Vemundvik

Coordinates: 64°31′04″N 11°32′31″E / 64.5177°N 11.5420°E / 64.5177; 11.5420
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Vemundvik
Village
View of the village church, Vemundvik Church
View of the village church, Vemundvik Church
Map
Vemundvik is located in Trøndelag
Vemundvik
Vemundvik
Vemundvik is located in Norway
Vemundvik
Vemundvik
Coordinates: 64°31′04″N 11°32′31″E / 64.5177°N 11.5420°E / 64.5177; 11.5420
CountryNorway
RegionCentral Norway
CountyTrøndelag
DistrictNamdalen
MunicipalityNamsos Municipality
Elevation31 m (102 ft)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code
7810 Namsos

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.

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

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The 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

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Notable people that were born or lived in Vemundvik include:

References

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  1. ^ "Vemundvik, Namsos (Trøndelag)". yr.no. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  3. ^ a b Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (14 November 2017). "Vemundvik – tidligere kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  4. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1903). Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Trondhjems amt (in Norwegian) (15 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 322.