Hopen, Møre og Romsdal

Hopen herad
Former Municipality
Municipality ID NO-1575
Adm. Center Hopen
Area[1]
 • Total 50 km2 (20 sq mi)
Created from Edøy in 1915
Merged into Smøla in 1960
Hopen
Village
Hopen
Location in Møre og Romsdal
Hopen
Hopen (Norway)
Coordinates: 63°27′48″N 08°00′50″E / 63.46333°N 8.01389°E / 63.46333; 8.01389Coordinates: 63°27′48″N 08°00′50″E / 63.46333°N 8.01389°E / 63.46333; 8.01389
Country Norway
Region Western Norway
County Møre og Romsdal
District Nordmøre
Municipality Smøla
Elevation[2] 10 m (30 ft)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code 6570 Smøla

Hopen is a village (and a former municipality) in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village of Hopen is the administrative center of Smøla Municipality. The village lies east of the villages of Dyrnes and Råket on the northern coast of the island of Smøla. The main road through Hopen is Norwegian County Road 669 which also heads north connecting many small islands and ending at the island village of Veiholmen. Hopen Church is located in the village.[1]

Hopen municipality

The former municipality of Hopen covered the northern part of the present-day Smøla Municipality. It was the northeastern third of the island of Smøla as well as all the surrounding islets. The municipality existed from 1915 until 1960 when it was merged into Smøla municipality.[1]

History

The municipality of Hopen was established on 1 January 1915 when the large municipality of Edøy was split into three to form the new municipalities of Edøy, Hopen, and Brattvær. Initially, Hopen had a population of 1,050. On 1 January 1960, the 1915 partition was reversed, reuniting the municipalities of Brattvær, Edøy, and Hopen under the new name of Smøla. Before the merger, Hopen had a population of 1,550.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Store norske leksikon. "Hopen – Møre og Romsdal" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2010-12-12.
  2. ↑ "Hopen" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
  3. ↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.


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