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Harpefoss

Coordinates: 61°34′41″N 9°51′40″E / 61.57798°N 9.86117°E / 61.57798; 9.86117
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Harpefoss
Village
View of the village
View of the village
Harpefoss is located in Innlandet
Harpefoss
Harpefoss
Location of the village
Harpefoss is located in Norway
Harpefoss
Harpefoss
Harpefoss (Norway)
Coordinates: 61°34′41″N 9°51′40″E / 61.57798°N 9.86117°E / 61.57798; 9.86117
CountryNorway
RegionEastern Norway
CountyInnlandet
DistrictGudbrandsdalen
MunicipalitySør-Fron Municipality
Area
 • Total
0.52 km2 (0.20 sq mi)
Elevation252 m (827 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total
333
 • Density640/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code
2647 Sør-Fron

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.

New kindergarten (2010)

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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]

Farm fire (2010)

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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]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2021). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
  2. ^ "Harpefoss, Sør-Fron". yr.no. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  3. ^ Storvik, Knut (25 December 2010). "Ikkje tilfredsstillande skuleprosess". Gudbrandsdølen Dagningen (in Norwegian Nynorsk).
  4. ^ 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.