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{{Short description|Village in Sandefjord, Norway}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name          = Råstad
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|settlement_type        = Village
|image_skyline          = Raastad.JPG
|image_caption          = View of the village
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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      = [[Vestfold]]
|subdivision_type3      = [[Districts of Norway|District]]
|subdivision_name3      = [[Vestfold]]
|subdivision_type4      = [[List of municipalities of Norway|Municipality]]
|subdivision_name4      = [[Sandefjord Municipality]]
|timezone1              = [[Central European Time|CET]]
|utc_offset1            = +01:00
|timezone1_DST          = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|utc_offset1_DST        = +02:00
|postal_code_type       = Post Code
|postal_code            = 3239 Sandefjord
|coordinates            = {{coord|59.14019|10.24436|region:NO_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_m            = 14
|elevation_footnotes    = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Råstad, Sandefjord |url=https://www.yr.no/nb/v%C3%A6rvarsel/daglig-tabell/1-2283327/Norge/Vestfold%20og%20Telemark/Sandefjord/R%C3%A5stad |access-date=2023-12-02 |publisher=[[yr.no]]}}</ref>}}
'''Råstad''' is a village area in [[Sandefjord Municipality]] in [[Vestfold]] county, [[Norway]]. The village is located just south of [[Sandefjord Airport, Torp]], about {{convert|8|km}} south of the [[Stokke (village)|village of Stokke]], and about {{convert|5|km}} northeast of the [[Sandefjord (town)|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]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Davidsen |first=Roger |title=Et Sted i Sandefjord |publisher=Sandar Historielag |year=2008 |isbn=9788299456753 |page=241 |language=no}}</ref>
Råstad is located between the village of [[Unneberg]] to the south and [[Sandefjord Airport, Torp]] to the north. Råstad is considered to be one of the outer neighborhoods in the eastern part of the [[Sandefjord (town)|city of Sandefjord]] which has an area of {{convert|24|km2}} and a population (in 2022) of 45,816.<ref name="ssb">{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |author-link=Statistics Norway |date=2022-01-01 |title=Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/statistikker/beftett/aar}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Statistics Norway |year=2007 |title=Statistics bank |url=http://statbank.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/Default_FR.asp?PXSid=0&nvl=true&PLanguage=0&tilside=selectvarval/define.asp&Tabellid=04317 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120526193552/http://statbank.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/Default_FR.asp?PXSid=0&nvl=true&PLanguage=0&tilside=selectvarval/define.asp&Tabellid=04317 |archive-date=2012-05-26}}</ref>
==History==
The farm name Råstad derives from {{lang|non|Roaldsstaðir}}, from the male name ''Roald'' and {{wikt-lang|non|staðir}} (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).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3YpBAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Jarlsberg og Larviks amt |date=1907 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=6 |location=Kristiania, Norge |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref> It was first mentioned in a letter dated to 1322. Only six out of a total of eight Råstad farms are still left today.
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