Randesund

District Randesund
District

Coat of arms
Country Norway
City Kristiansand
Borough Oddernes
Population (2014)
 • Total 2,000
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code NO-030112
Website kristiansand.kommune.no
Randesund herred
Former Municipality

Swimming in Randesund
Coordinates: 58°07′59″N 08°07′04″E / 58.13306°N 8.11778°E / 58.13306; 8.11778Coordinates: 58°07′59″N 08°07′04″E / 58.13306°N 8.11778°E / 58.13306; 8.11778
Country Norway
County Vest-Agder
District Sørlandet
Municipality ID NO-1011
Adm. Center Randesund
Split from Oddernes in 1893
Merged into Kristiansand in 1965
Randesund Church

Randesund is a former municipality in Vest-Agder county in Norway. Randesund is currently a borough of Kristiansand, located between Kvåsefjorden in Høvåg and the Topdalsfjord in Oddernes. Several small islands are situated alongside the cost of Randesund, among them Dvergsøya, Randøya and Herøya, all popular tourists destinations.

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the island, Randøen (now known as Randøya). The first part of the name is rand (Old Norse: rǫnd) which means "boundary" or "edge" and the last part of the name is sund which means "strait". The name was previously spelled Randøsund.[1][2]

History

The municipality was established on 31 December 1893 when it was split off from the municipality of Oddernes to form a separate municipality. At that time, Randesund had a population of 1,133. On 1 January 1965, Randesund was incorporated into the neighboring municipality of Kristiansand along with neighboring Tveit and Oddernes. Prior to the merger, Randesund had a population of 1,672.[3]

Politic

The 10 largest politics parties in Randesund in 2015:

Kristiansand city council votes from Randesund 2015[4]
Conservative Party 25% (252 votes)
Christian Democratic Party 21,7% (218 votes)
Labour Party 19,8% (199 votes)
Progress Party 9,4% (95 votes)
The Democrats 6,1% (61 votes)
Liberal Party 4,3% (43 votes)
Green Party 4% (40 votes)
Pensioners' 3,3% (33 votes)
The Christians 2,2% (22 votes)
Socialist Left Party 1,6% (16 votes)
Others 2,9% (29 votes)
Total 1008 votes

Transportation

The main road to Tømmerstø is Norwegian County Road 3, which goes from Rona in Søm, to Drange. It goes through Tømmerstø. Norwegian County Road 9 goes from Dvergsnes, to Tangen both in Randesund. Norwegian County Road 4 goes from Bjørnestad to Kongshavn in Randesund. Norwegian County Road 14 goes from Frikstad to Stangenes. Norwegian County Road 401 goes from Randesund to Høvåg and Lillesand in Aust-Agder.

Bus transportation from/through Randesund
Line Destination [5]
08 Randesund - Rona
17 Tømmerstø - Hellemyr
17 Tømmerstø-Frikstad - Hellemyr
17 Tømmerstø - Kvadraturen
N17 Tømmerstø - Kvadraturen
18 Tømmerstø Odderhei-Holte - Hellemyr
18 Dvergsnes - Hellemyr
18 Tømmerstø Odderhei-Holte - Kvadraturen
A18 Tømmerstø Odderhei-Holte - Eg-Sykehuset
139 Høvåg-Lillesand - Kristiansand
234 Randesund - Kringsjå

Neighborhoods

Photos

References

  1. ↑ Rygh, Oluf (1912). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (in Norwegian) (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 20 & 26.
  2. ↑ "Randesund" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
  3. ↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
  4. ↑ "VG - Valgnatt" (in Norwegian). vg.no. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "AKT".
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