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Village in Sør-Fron, Norway From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
Coordinates: 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 |
The 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]
On 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]