Harpefoss
Village in Sør-Fron Municipality, Norway
title: "Harpefoss" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["sør-fron-municipality", "villages-in-innlandet", "populated-places-on-the-gudbrandsdalslågen"] description: "Village in Sør-Fron Municipality, Norway" topic_path: "general/sor-fron-municipality" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpefoss" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Village in Sør-Fron Municipality, Norway ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Harpefoss |
| settlement_type | Village |
| image_skyline | Harpefoss.JPG |
| image_caption | View of the village |
| mapframe | yes |
| mapframe-zoom | 11 |
| mapframe-marker | village |
| pushpin_map | Innlandet#Norway |
| pushpin_label_position | top |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Norway |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | Eastern Norway |
| subdivision_type2 | County |
| subdivision_name2 | Innlandet |
| subdivision_type3 | District |
| subdivision_name3 | Gudbrandsdalen |
| subdivision_type4 | Municipality |
| subdivision_name4 | Sør-Fron Municipality |
| timezone1 | CET |
| utc_offset1 | +01:00 |
| timezone1_DST | CEST |
| utc_offset1_DST | +02:00 |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_total_km2 | 0.52 |
| population_as_of | 2024 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 314 |
| population_density_km2 | 604 |
| postal_code_type | Post Code |
| postal_code | 2647 Sør-Fron |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_m | 252 |
| elevation_footnotes | |
| :: |
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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 km northwest of the village of Hundorp. The 0.52 km2 village has a population (2024) of 314 and a population density of 604 PD/km2. The Dovrebanen railway line runs through the village.
Education
The municipal council in Sør-Fron Municipality 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 (), 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.
History
On the night before Christmas 2010, a fire at a cattle barn killed between 20 and 30 cows. Temperatures close to -30 C and the closeness of farmhouse made the job of saving the animals difficult for the fire brigade.
References
References
- "Harpefoss, Sør-Fron". [[yr.no]].
- "Informasjon om stadnamn". [[Norwegian Mapping Authority.
- Statistisk sentralbyrå. (2024-10-01). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
- {{Cite SNL. Harpefoss. Harpefoss. 2025-08-05. Thorsnæs. Geir. 2025-08-01
- Storvik, Knut. (2010-12-25). "Ikkje tilfredsstillande skuleprosess". [[Gudbrandsdølen Dagningen]].
- Sun, Iren Bjørnås. (2010-12-25). "20 melkekyr brant inne i Sør-Fron". [[Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.
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