Raufoss
Town in Vestre Toten Municipality, Norway
title: "Raufoss" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["vestre-toten-municipality", "cities-and-towns-in-norway", "populated-places-in-innlandet", "2019-establishments-in-norway"] description: "Town in Vestre Toten Municipality, Norway" topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raufoss" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Town in Vestre Toten Municipality, Norway ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Raufoss |
| settlement_type | Town/City |
| image_skyline | Raufoss church.jpg |
| image_caption | View of the local church |
| mapframe | yes |
| mapframe-zoom | 11 |
| mapframe-marker | town |
| pushpin_map | Innlandet#Norway |
| pushpin_label_position | top |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Norway |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | Eastern Norway |
| subdivision_type2 | County |
| subdivision_name2 | Innlandet |
| subdivision_type3 | District |
| subdivision_name3 | Toten |
| subdivision_type4 | Municipality |
| subdivision_name4 | Vestre Toten Municipality |
| timezone1 | CET |
| utc_offset1 | +01:00 |
| timezone1_DST | CEST |
| utc_offset1_DST | +02:00 |
| established_title | Established as |
| established_date | |
| established_title1 | Town (By) |
| established_date1 | 2019 |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_total_km2 | 7.12 |
| population_as_of | 2022 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 7918 |
| population_density_km2 | 1112 |
| postal_code_type | Post Code |
| postal_code | 2830 Raufoss |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_m | 320 |
| elevation_footnotes | |
| :: |
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Raufoss is a town in Vestre Toten Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The town is the administrative centre of the municipality. It is located about 10 km south of the larger town of Gjøvik. The town is located along the municipal border with the neighboring Gjøvik Municipality and the actual urban area of Raufoss does cross the border slightly, including a small part of Gjøvik as well (as defined by Statistics Norway).
The 7.12 km2 town had a population (2022) of and a population density of 1112 PD/km2. Since 2022, the population and area data for this town area has not been separately tracked by Statistics Norway and instead it has been considered part of the urban area for the town of Gjøvik.
The village of Raufoss was given town status in 2019.
Etymology
The town is named after a waterfall in the river Hunnselva. The first element is which means "red", and the last element is which means "waterfall". The color red indicates traces of iron in the river bed.
Economic and cultural activities
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Raufoss_railroad_station.jpg" caption="Raufoss railroad station"] ::
The largest employer is what was earlier Raufoss Ammunisjonsfabrikker, now split into several sub companies. These include Nammo, Hydro Aluminium and Raufoss Technology.
Raufoss is also the second to last stop on the Gjøvikbanen railway line. The station also has a local bus service.
The community has an active sports community pivoting around the sports club Raufoss I.L. where the football team has been the most prominent part of the club. Raufoss Fotball currently plays in Norwegian 1st Division.
In addition to sports, Raufoss has an active music community which has fostered such musicians as Ronni Le Tekrø of rock band TNT (band).
References
References
- In the Norwegian language, the word ''by'' can be translated as "town" or "city".
- "Raufoss, Vestre Toten". [[yr.no]].
- "Informasjon om stadnamn". [[Norwegian Mapping Authority.
- (2022-03-29). "Raufoss". [[Kunnskapsforlaget]].
- Statistisk sentralbyrå. (2022-04-03). "04859: Area and population of urban settlements (US) 2000 - 2021".
- (2019-06-20). "Raufoss fikk bystatus". [[NRK]].
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