Råstad is a village area in

Sandefjord Municipality Sandefjord () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Vestfold. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Sandefjord ...

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county,

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. The village is located just south of

Sandefjord Airport, Torp Sandefjord Airport, Torp (; ) is a minor international airport located northeast of Sandefjord and south of Oslo in Norway. The airport features a runway aligned 18/36. Torp partially serves as a regional airport for Vestfold and in part as a ...

, 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

Sandefjord Airport Torp Sandefjord Airport, Torp (; ) is a minor international airport located northeast of Sandefjord and south of Oslo in Norway. The airport features a runway aligned 18/36. Torp partially serves as a regional airport for Vestfold and in part as a ...

. Råstad is located between the village of

Unneberg Unneberg is a village in Sandefjord Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The village is located between the village of Gokstad to the south and the village of Råstad to the north. The villages of Helgerød, Lahelle, and Solløkka are loc ...

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 {{Vestfold-geo-stub