{{Short description|Village in Namsos Municipality, Norway}} {{about|the village in Namsos, Norway|the former municipality in Norway|Vemundvik Municipality}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Vemundvik |other_name = |native_name = |native_name_lang = |nickname = |settlement_type = Village |image_skyline = Vemundvik kirke 2.jpg |image_caption = View of the village church, Vemundvik Church |mapframe = yes |mapframe-zoom = 9 |mapframe-marker = village |pushpin_map = Trøndelag#Norway |pushpin_label = |pushpin_label_position = top |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Norway |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Central Norway |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Trøndelag |subdivision_type3 = District |subdivision_name3 = Namdalen |subdivision_type4 = Municipality |subdivision_name4 = Namsos Municipality |timezone1 = CET |utc_offset1 = +01:00 |timezone1_DST = CEST |utc_offset1_DST = +02:00 |postal_code_type = Post Code |postal_code = 7810 Namsos |coordinates = {{coord|64.5177|11.5420|region:NO_type:city|display=inline,title}} |elevation_m = 31 |elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Vemundvik, Namsos (Trøndelag) |url=https://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Tr%C3%B8ndelag/Namsos/Vemundvik~2353169/ |access-date=16 April 2018 |publisher=yr.no}}</ref>}}
'''Vemundvik'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Informasjon om stadnamn |url=https://stadnamn.kartverket.no/fakta/940417 |access-date=2024-11-16 |website=Norgeskart |publisher=Kartverket |language=no}}</ref> is a village in Namsos Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the sea shore, about {{convert|10|km}} north of the town of Namsos and about {{convert|3|km}} 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.<ref name="snl">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Vemundvik – tidligere kommune |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |url=https://snl.no/Vemundvik_-_tidligere_kommune |date=14 November 2017 |editor-last=Thorsnæs |editor-first=Geir |language=Norwegian |accessdate=19 April 2018}}</ref>
==Name== The village (originally the parish) is named after the old ''Vemundvik'' farm ({{langx|non|Vémundarvík}}) since the first Vemundvik Church was built there. The first element is an old male name {{lang|no|Vémundr}} or the more modern version, Vemund. The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|vík}} which means "bay" or "inlet".<ref name="snl" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_kFFxvxaufcC |title=Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Trondhjems amt |date=1903 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=15 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=322 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>
==Notable people== Notable people that were born or lived in Vemundvik include: *Jørgen Johannes Havig (1808–1883), a Norwegian politician
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Category:Villages in Trøndelag Category:Namsos Municipality
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