Raufoss

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 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).

The 7.11 km2 town has a population (2021) of 7,839 and a population density of 1102 PD/km2. Of these numbers, 6.71 km2 of the town and 7,565 people live in the Vestre Toten part of the town and 0.4 km2 of the town and 274 people live in the part of Raufoss that is in Gjøvik.

The village of Raufoss was given town status in 2019.

Etymology
The town is named after a waterfall in the river Hunnselva. The first element is which means "red", and the last element is  which means "waterfall". The color red indicates traces of iron in the river bed.

Economic and cultural activities


The largest employer is what was earlier Raufoss Ammunisjonsfabrikker, now split into several sub companies. These include Nammo, Hydro Aluminium and Raufoss Technology.

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 (band).