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°ECoordinates: 58°07′59″N 08°07′04″E / 58.13306°N 8.11778°E
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

Skippergada

Skippergada

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

Rabbesvik

Holte

Fidjekilen

• Bjørkestøl
• Butangen
• Drange
• Drangeskauen
• Dvergsnes
• Eftevåg
• Fidje
• Frikstad
• Hestehagen
• Holte
• Kirkevik
• Kongshavn
• Kvarnes
• Lykkedrag
• Odderhei
• Rabbersvik
• Skaupemyr
• Sommerro
• Stangenes
• Tømmerstø
• Tømmeråsen
• Vadvik
• Vrånes

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".

External links

• Kristiansand travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Weather information for Randesund (Norwegian)