Randesund

Randesund

Randesund

District in Southern Norway, Norway

This article is about the district in Kristiansand, Norway. For the former municipality in Vest-Agder, Norway, see Randesund (municipality).

Randesund is a village and district within the city of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. The district is located within the borough of Oddernes along the southern coastline between the two fjords Kvåsefjorden and Topdalsfjorden and south of the districts of Søm and Hånes. There are several small islands just off the coast of Randesund, including Dvergsøya, Randøya, and Herøya, all popular tourist destinations. The village of Randesund is located in the central part of the district and it is the site of Randesund Church. There was a separate municipality of Randesund (larger than the present-day district) that existed from 1893 until 1965.[2]

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Name

The district, (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.[3][2]

Politics

The 10 largest politics parties in Randesund in 2015:

Kristiansand city council votes from Randesund 2015[4]
Conservative Party25% (252 votes)
Christian Democratic Party21,7% (218 votes)
Labour Party19,8% (199 votes)
Progress Party9,4% (95 votes)
The Democrats6,1% (61 votes)
Liberal Party4,3% (43 votes)
Green Party4% (40 votes)
Pensioners'3,3% (33 votes)
The Christians2,2% (22 votes)
Socialist Left Party1,6% (16 votes)
Others2,9% (29 votes)
Total1008 votes

Transportation

Randesund Church

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.

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Neighborhoods

  • Bjørkestøl
  • Butangen
  • Drange
  • Drangeskauen
  • Dvergsnes
  • Eftevåg
  • Fidje
  • Frikstad
  • Hestehagen
  • Holte
  • Kirkevik
  • Kongshavn
  • Kvarnes
  • Lykkedrag
  • Odderhei
  • Rabbersvik
  • Skaupemyr
  • Sommerro
  • Stangenes
  • Tømmerstø
  • Tømmeråsen
  • Vadvik
  • Vrånes
  • Skippergada
  • Skippergada
  • Rabbesvik
  • Fidjeåsen
  • Holte
  • Holte
  • Norwegian County Road 3
  • Fidjekilen
  • Odderhei Terrasse
  • Odderhei

References

  1. [1]
    "Randesund, Kristiansand (Vest-Adger)". yr.no. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Randesund" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
  3. [3]
    Rygh, Oluf (1912). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (in Norwegian) (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 20 & 26.
  4. [4]
    "VG - Valgnatt" (in Norwegian). vg.no. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  5. [5]
    "AKT".
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