Raufoss is a

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Vestre Toten Municipality Vestre Toten is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Toten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rau ...

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county,

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. The town is the

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of the municipality. It is located about south of the larger town of Gjøvik. The town is located along the municipal border with the neighboring

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and the actual urban area of Raufoss does cross the border slightly, including a small part of Gjøvik as well (as defined by

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). The town has a population (2021) of 7,839 and a

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of . Of these numbers, of the town and 7,565 people live in the Vestre Toten part of the town and of the town and 274 people live in the part of Raufoss that is in Gjøvik. The village of Raufoss was given town status in 2019.

Etymology

The town is named after a waterfall in the river

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. The first element is which means "red", and the last element is which means "waterfall". The color red indicates traces of iron in the river bed.

Economic and cultural activities

The largest employer is what was earlier

Raufoss Ammunisjonsfabrikker Raufoss Ammunisjonsfabrikker was a Norwegian company based at Raufoss, established in 1896 as ''Rødfoss Patronfabrik''. Initially the company manufactured ammunition, and later also other products, such as aluminium parts to the automotive indust ...

, now split into several sub companies. These include

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and

Raufoss Technology Raufoss is a town in Vestre Toten Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The town is the administrative centre of the municipality. It is located about south of the larger town of Gjøvik. The town is located along the municipal border wi ...

. Raufoss is also the second to last stop on the Gjøvikbanen railway line. The station also has a local bus service. The community has an active sports community pivoting around the sports club Raufoss I.L. where the football team has been the most prominent part of the club. Raufoss Fotball currently plays in

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. In addition to sports, Raufoss has an active music community which has fostered such musicians as

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of rock band TNT (band).

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* Gjøvik Vestre Toten Cities and towns in Norway Populated places in Innlandet 2019 establishments in Norway {{Innlandet-geo-stub

Etymology

Economic and cultural activities

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