Official Name: | Vemundvik |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Trøndelag#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Central Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Trøndelag |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Namdalen |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Namsos Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 7810 Namsos |
Coordinates: | 64.5177°N 11.542°W |
Elevation M: | 31 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Vemundvik[2] is a village in Namsos Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the sea shore, about north of the town of Namsos and about 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]
The village (originally the parish) is named after the old Vemundvik farm (non|Vémundarvík) since the first Vemundvik Church was built there. The first element is an old male name Norwegian: Vémundr or the more modern version, Vemund. The last element is which means "bay" or "inlet".[4]
Notable people that were born or lived in Vemundvik include:
. Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Trondhjems amt . 1903 . W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri . 15 . Kristiania, Norge . 322 . no . Oluf Rygh.