Raufoss#Emythology

{{Short description|Village in Vestre Toten, Norway}}

{{about|a village in Norway|the ammunition|Raufoss Mk 211}}

{{use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}

{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Raufoss

|other_name =

|native_name =

|native_name_lang =

|nickname =

|settlement_type = Town/CityIn the Norwegian language, the word by can be translated as "town" or "city".

|image_skyline = Raufoss church.jpg

|image_caption = View of the local church

|pushpin_map = Innlandet#Norway

|pushpin_label_position = top

|pushpin_label =

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|pushpin_map_caption = Location of the village

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Norway

|subdivision_type1 = Region

|subdivision_name1 = Eastern Norway

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Innlandet

|subdivision_type3 = District

|subdivision_name3 = Toten

|subdivision_type4 = Municipality

|subdivision_name4 = Vestre Toten (and Gjøvik)

|timezone1 = CET

|utc_offset1 = +01:00

|timezone1_DST = CEST

|utc_offset1_DST = +02:00

|established_title = Established as

|established_date =  

|established_title1 = Town ({{lang|no|By}})

|established_date1 = 2019

|area_footnotes =

|area_total_km2 = 7.11

|population_as_of = 2021

|population_footnotes =

|population_total = 7839

|population_density_km2 = 1102

|postal_code_type = Post Code

|postal_code = 2830 Raufoss

|coordinates = {{coord|60.72604|10.6133|region:NO-34_type:city|display=inline,title}}

|elevation_m = 320

|elevation_footnotes = {{Cite web |title=Raufoss, Vestre Toten |url=https://www.yr.no/nb/v%C3%A6rvarsel/daglig-tabell/1-115835/Norge/Innlandet/Vestre%20Toten/Raufoss |access-date=2022-11-03 |publisher=yr.no}}

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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 {{convert|10|km}} south of the larger town of Gjøvik. The town is located along the municipal border with the neighboring Gjøvik Municipality and the actual urban area of Raufoss does cross the border slightly, including a small part of Gjøvik as well (as defined by Statistics Norway).{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Raufoss |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |url=https://snl.no/Raufoss |date=2022-03-29 |editor-last=Thorsnæs |editor-first=Geir |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2022-11-03}}

The {{convert|7.11|km2|acre|adj=on}} town has a population (2021) of 7,839 and a population density of {{convert|1102|PD/km2}}. Of these numbers, {{convert|6.71|km2|acre}} of the town and 7,565 people live in the Vestre Toten part of the town and {{convert|0.4|km2|acre}} of the town and 274 people live in the part of Raufoss that is in Gjøvik.{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |author-link=Statistics Norway |date=2021-01-01 |title=Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/statistikker/beftett/aar}}

The village of Raufoss was given town status in 2019.{{cite news|url=https://www.nrk.no/innlandet/raufoss-fikk-bystatus-1.14596684|title=Raufoss fikk bystatus|date=2019-06-20|language=no|accessdate=2024-02-23|newspaper=NRK}}