Ramnes

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Ramnes is a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The village Ramnes was the administrative centre of the municipality.

The parish of Ramnæs was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). According to the 1835 census the municipality had a population of 2,716.

On 16 July 1873 an uninhabited part of Våle municipality was moved to Ramnes following a royal resolution. On January 1, 2002 Ramnes was merged with Våle to form the new municipality Re. In 1996 Ramnes had a population of 3,579.

[edit] The name

The municipality (originally the parish) was named after the old farm Ramnes (Norse Rafnnes), since the first church was built there. The first element is rafn m 'raven', the last element is nes n 'headland'. (Here the headland is made by the meeting of two rivers.)

Until 1889 the name was written "Ramnæs".

[edit] References

• Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway (1999). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen. http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdfl.  (Norwegian)
• Registreringssentral for historiske data. "Hjemmehørende folkemengde Vestfold 1801-1960". University of Tromsø. http://www.rhd.uit.no/dok/nos07.html.  (Norwegian)

Coordinates: 59°21′N 10°15′E / 59.35°N 10.25°E / 59.35; 10.25

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