Harpefoss is a village in Sør-Fron Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located in the Gudbrandsdal valley on the north shore of the Gudbrandsdalslågen river, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) northwest of the village of Hundorp. The 0.52-square-kilometre (130-acre) village has a population (2021) of 333 and a population density of 640 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,700/sq mi).[1] The Dovrebanen railway line runs through the village.
Harpefoss | |
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Village | |
 View of the village | |
  Harpefoss Location of the village  Harpefoss Harpefoss (Norway) | |
| Coordinates: 61°34′41″N 9°51′40″E / 61.57798°N 9.86117°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| Region | Eastern Norway |
| County | Innlandet |
| District | Gudbrandsdalen |
| Municipality | Sør-Fron Municipality |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.52 km2 (0.20 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 252 m (827 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 333 |
| • Density | 640/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Post Code | 2647 Sør-Fron |
New kindergarten (2010)
editThe municipal council in Sør-Fron began planning for a restructuring of the local schools in 2009. In December 2010, a decision was made which included one new kindergarten in Harpefoss. Both the deputy mayor and the chair of the living conditions committee (Nynorsk: levekårsutvalet), both from the Labour Party, said that the process had not been optimal in that all information that would be necessary for an informed decision had not been gathered.[3]
Farm fire (2010)
editOn the night before Christmas 2010 a fire at a cattle barn killed between 20 and 30 cows. Temperatures close to −30 °C (−22 °F) and the closeness of farmhouse made the job of saving the animals difficult for the fire brigade.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2021). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
- ^ "Harpefoss, Sør-Fron". yr.no. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ^ Storvik, Knut (25 December 2010). "Ikkje tilfredsstillande skuleprosess". Gudbrandsdølen Dagningen (in Norwegian Nynorsk).
- ^ Sun, Iren Bjørnås; Kjæstad, Reidar (25 December 2010). "20 melkekyr brant inne i Sør-Fron". NRK (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 27 December 2010.
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