Randesund is a village and district within the city of

Kristiansand Kristiansand is a seaside resort city and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 112,000 as of January 2020, f ...

Agder Agder is a county (''fylke'') and traditional region in the southern part of Norway. The county was established on 1 January 2020, when the old Vest-Agder and Aust-Agder counties were merged. Since the early 1900s, the term Sørlandet ("sou ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. The district is located within the

borough A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. History In the Middle ...

of Oddernes along the southern coastline between the two

fjords In physical geography, a fjord or fiord () is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Alaska, Antarctica, British Columbia, Chile, Denmark, Germany, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Icela ...

Kvåsefjorden Kvåsefjorden is an approximately long fjord in Agder county, Norway. It forms part of the border between the municipalities of Lillesand and Kristiansand. The district of Randesund lies on the west side of the fjord in Kristiansand. The fjord ...

and Topdalsfjorden and south of the districts of

Søm Søm is a district in the city of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. With a population of about 9,500 (2022), it is the third largest district in Kristiansand. The district is a part of the borough of Oddernes. Søm has borders with the di ...

and

Hånes Hånes is a district in the city of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. It has a population of about 4,000 (2014). Hånes is a part of the borough of Oddernes and it borders the districts of Søm and Randesund to south, the district of Tveit t ...

. There are several small

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s 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 Randesund Church ( no, Randesund kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kristiansand Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the Frikstad neighborhood in the Randesund district in the borough of Oddernes inside the c ...

. There was a separate municipality of Randesund (larger than the present-day district) that existed from 1893 until 1965.

Name

The district, (originally the

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or ...

) is named after the island, Randøen (now known as Randøya). The first part of the name is ''rand'' (

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: ''rǫnd'') which means "boundary" or "edge" and the last part of the name is ''sund'' which means " strait". The name was previously spelled Randøsund.

Politics

The 10 largest politics parties in Randesund in 2015:

Transportation

The main road to Tømmerstø is Norwegian County Road 3, which goes from

Rona Rona, RONA or Róna may refer to: Places * Rona (Kristiansand), a neighbourhood in Kristiansand, Norway *Rona (river), a river in Maramureș County, Romania *Rona, Bellevue Hill, a historic house in the Sydney suburb of Bellevue Hill * Rona, Swit ...

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 Frikstad is a neighbourhood in the city of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. It's located in the borough of Oddernes and in the district of Randesund. Randesund Church is located at Frikstad. The neighborhoods of Holte and Tømmerstø lie ...

to Stangenes. Norwegian County Road 401 goes from Randesund to

Høvåg Høvåg (historically: ''Høvaag'') is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1865 until its dissolution in 1962. It was located in the southern part of the present-day municipality of Li ...

and

Lillesand Lillesand () is List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Southern Norway, Sørlandet. The administrative center of the municipality ...

Neighborhoods

* Bjørkestøl * Butangen * Drange * Drangeskauen * Dvergsnes * Eftevåg * Fidje *

* Hestehagen *

Holte Holte is a suburban district in Rudersdal Municipality on the northern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. The local town centre is centred on Holte station and is surrounded by extensive areas of single-family, detached homes as well as several ...

* Kirkevik *

Kongshavn Kongshavn is a neighbourhood in the city of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. It's located in the borough of Oddernes and in the district of Randesund. The neighborhood of Frikstad Frikstad is a neighbourhood in the city of Kristiansand in ...

* Kvarnes * Lykkedrag *

Odderhei Odderhei is a neighbourhood in the city of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. It's located in the borough of Oddernes and in the district of Randesund. The neighborhood is located northwest of Tømmerstø and Holte. The nearby district of S� ...

* Rabbersvik * Skaupemyr * Sommerro * Stangenes * Tømmerstø * Tømmeråsen * Vadvik * Vrånes

Media gallery

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References

External links

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Weather information for Randesund
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