Vemundvik


Vemundvik is a village in Namsos municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the 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 municipality of Vemundvik from 1838 until 1941, when the municipal administration moved to the nearby town of Namsos.

Name

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

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Vemundvik include: