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{{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            = 
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|nickname               = 
|settlement_type        = [[List of towns and cities in Norway|Town/City]]<ref name="town">In the Norwegian language, the word ''by'' can be translated as "town" or "city".</ref>
|image_skyline          = Raufoss church.jpg
|image_caption          = View of the local church
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|pushpin_map_caption    = Location of the village
|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = [[Norway]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[List of regions of Norway|Region]] 
|subdivision_name1      = [[Eastern Norway]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Counties of Norway|County]] 
|subdivision_name2      = [[Innlandet]]
|subdivision_type3      = [[Districts of Norway|District]]
|subdivision_name3      = [[Toten]]
|subdivision_type4      = [[List of municipalities of Norway|Municipality]]
|subdivision_name4      = [[Vestre Toten]] (and [[Gjøvik]])
|timezone1              = [[Central European Time|CET]] 
|utc_offset1            = +01:00
|timezone1_DST          = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] 
|utc_offset1_DST        = +02:00
|established_title      = Established as
|established_date       = &nbsp;
|established_title1     = [[List of towns and cities in Norway|Town]] ({{lang|no|By}})
|established_date1      = 2019
|area_footnotes         = <ref name="ssb" />
|area_total_km2         = 7.11
|population_as_of       = 2021
|population_footnotes   = <ref name="ssb" />
|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    = <ref>{{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]]}}</ref>
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'''Raufoss''' is a [[List of towns and cities in Norway|town]]<ref name="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 [[Gjøvik (town)|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]]).<ref name="snl">{{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}}</ref>

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.<ref name="ssb">{{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}}</ref>

The village of Raufoss was given town status in 2019.<ref>{{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]]}}</ref>

== Etymology ==
The town is named after a waterfall in the river [[Hunnselva]]. The first element is {{wikt-lang|nn|raud}} which means "red", and the last element is {{wikt-lang|no|foss}} which means "waterfall". The color red indicates traces of iron in the river bed.<ref name="snl" />

== Economic and cultural activities ==
[[File:Raufoss railroad station.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Raufoss railroad station]]

The largest employer is what was earlier [[Raufoss Ammunisjonsfabrikker]], now split into several sub companies. These include [[Nammo]], [[Norsk Hydro|Hydro Aluminium]] and [[Raufoss Technology]].<ref name="snl" />

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 [[Norwegian 1st Division]].

In addition to sports, Raufoss has an active music community which has fostered such musicians as [[Ronni Le Tekrø]] of rock band [[TNT (Norwegian band)|TNT (band)]].

==See also==
*[[List of towns and cities in Norway]]

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Commons category inline|Raufoss}}

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[[Category:Gjøvik]]
[[Category:Vestre Toten]]
[[Category:Cities and towns in Norway]]
[[Category:Populated places in Innlandet]]
[[Category:2019 establishments in Norway]]


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