Vemundvik
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.
Vemundvik | |
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Village | |
 View of the village church, Vemundvik Church | |
  Vemundvik Location of the village  Vemundvik Vemundvik (Norway) | |
| Coordinates: 64.5177°N 11.5420°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| Region | Central Norway |
| County | Trøndelag |
| District | Namdalen |
| Municipality | Namsos |
| 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 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:
- Jørgen Johannes Havig (1808–1883), politician
References
- "Vemundvik, Namsos (Trøndelag)". yr.no. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (14 November 2017). "Vemundvik – tidligere kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 19 April 2018.