Romundstad is a village and basic statistical unit (''grunnkrets'') in the municipality of

Rindal Rindal is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Orkdalen region. The administrative centre is the village of Rindal. Other villages in the municipality include Tiset and Romundstad. The municipality centres on agricult ...

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denmar ...

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 settlement lies along the Rinda River and

Norwegian County Road 341 County Road 341 ( no, Fylkesvei 341) is a road in the municipality of Rindal in Møre og Romsdal County, Norway. It runs between Rindal, where it branches off from County Road 340, and Setra, where it dead ends in a spur. Before the terminus ...

, also known as ''Romundstadbygdvegen'' (Romundstad Village Road). It has an elevation of . It consists of several farms, including the Flålia, Heggem, Hegglund, Nerbu, Nergård, and Romundstad farms. The settlement was attested as ''Romundsta'' in 1559 (and as ''Rømundsta'' in 1590 and ''Roemundstad'' in 1643, among other names). The original name is reconstructed as the compound word *''Rómundarstaðir'' which comes from ''Rómundr'' (a masculine name) and ''staðir'' 'farmstead, dwelling'.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Romundstad include: *

John Neergaard John Gunderson Neergaard (11 November 1795 – 15 June 1885) was a Norwegian farmer, bailiff, and politician. Early life and family Neergaard was born in the village of Romundstad in the municipality of Rindal, the son of the farmer Gunder Jon ...

(1795–1885), farmer, bailiff, and politician

References

External links

Romundstad at FINN kartRomundstad at Norgeskart
{{authority control Rindal Villages in Trøndelag