Vemundvik

Vemundvik is a former municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 247-square-kilometre municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964 . By 1964, the municipality roughly corresponded to the mainland areas north of the river Namsen in what is now the municipality of Namsos in Trøndelag county. From 1838 until about 1942, the administrative centre was the village of Vemundvik where Vemundvik Church is located. After 1941, the municipal offices and administration was headquartered in the town of Namsos .
The municipality of Vemundvik was established on 1 January 1838 . In 1846, the village of Namsos was declared to be a ladested, which mean that it was split from the municipality of Vemundvik. The new town had 591 inhabitants and the rest of Vemundvik was called Namsos herred or Namsos landdistrikt and it had 908 residents after the split.

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