Råstad is a village area in

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county,

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. The village is located just south of

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, about south of the village of Stokke, and about northeast of the city of Sandefjord. It is home to Råstad Station which dates to 1885. The railway station has been known as Torp Station since 2008, and is the main railway station for

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. Råstad is located between the village of

Unneberg Unneberg is a residential- and statistical area (''grunnkrets'') in Sandefjord municipality, Norway. The statistical area Unneberg, which also can include the peripheral parts of the village as well as the surrounding countryside, has a population ...

to the south and

to the north. Råstad is considered to be one of the outer neighborhoods in the eastern part of the city of Sandefjord which has an area of and a population (in 2022) of 45,816. The statistical area of Råstad, which also can include the peripheral parts of the village as well as the surrounding countryside, had a population of 205 in 2007.

History

The farm name Råstad derives from , from the male name ''Roald'' and (place), translating to "the farm which belongs to Roald." Former written forms of the name have been ''Roaldstadum'' (in 1322), ''Roaldstad'' (1498), ''Raastad'' (1539), and ''Rolstadt'' (1575). It was first mentioned in a letter dated to 1322. Only six out of a total of eight Råstad farms are still left today.

References

Sandefjord Villages in Vestfold og Telemark {{Vestfold-geo-stub