Romundstad, Trøndelag

Romundstad
Village
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Coordinates: 63.02618°N 9.31948°E / 63.02618; 9.31948
Country	Norway
Region	Central Norway
County	Trøndelag
District	Orkdalen
Municipality	Rindal Municipality
Elevation [1]	277 m (909 ft)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code	6657 Rindal

Romundstad[2] is a village and basic statistical unit (grunnkrets) in Rindal Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway.[3][4] The settlement lies along the Rinda River and Norwegian County Road 341, also known as Romundstadbygdvegen (Romundstad Village Road).[5] It has an elevation of 269 meters (883 ft).[1] It consists of several farms, including the Flålia, Heggem, Hegglund, Nerbu, Nergård, and Romundstad farms.[5]

Name

The settlement was attested as Romundsta in 1559 (and as Rømundsta in 1590 and Roemundstad in 1643, among other names).[6] The original name is reconstructed as the compound word *Rómundarstaðir which comes from Rómundr (a masculine name) and staðir which means 'farmstead' or 'dwelling'.[6]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Romundstad include:

• John Neergaard (1795–1885), farmer, bailiff, and politician[4]

References

1. "Romundstad, Rindal (Møre og Romsdal)". Yr. Norwegian Meteorological Institute and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
2. "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
3. "Folkemengde grunnkretser - 15 Møre og Romsdal". Statistisk sentralbyrå. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
4. Thorsnæs, Geir (ed.). "Rindal". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
5. "Norgeskart". Retrieved 2018-06-17.
6. Rygh, Oluf (1908). Norske Gaardnavne. Oplysninger samlade til brug ved Matrikelens Revision. 13. Romsdals amt. Kristiania: Fabritius. p. 422. Retrieved June 17, 2018.

External links

• Romundstad at FINN kart
• Romundstad at Norgeskart