Official Name: | Roresand |
Other Name: | Roresanden |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Agder#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Southern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Agder |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Østre Agder |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Grimstad |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 4885 Grimstad |
Coordinates: | 58.3515°N 8.5372°W |
Elevation M: | 44 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Roresand or Roresanden is a village in Grimstad municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located on the southwestern end of the lake Rore along the Norwegian County Road 404. The village sits about northwest of the town of Grimstad, about east of the village of Reddal, and about south of the village of Skiftenes. The lake Syndle lies about to the northwest and the lake Landvikvannet lies about the same distance to the south.
Landvik Church sits about south of the village. The cemetery for the church is located in Roresand, right next to the Landvik school. Historically, Roresand was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Landvik which existed until 1971.