Official Name: | Hodalen |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Innlandet#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Eastern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Innlandet |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Østerdalen |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Tolga Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 2540 Tolga |
Coordinates: | 62.3621°N 11.1971°W |
Elevation M: | 786 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Hodalen is a village in Tolga Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located about southeast of the village of Tolga, along County Road 26 which runs between Tolga and the village of Drevsjø. Hodalen Church has been located in the village since 1936.[2]
The mountain Håmmålsfjellet lies just to the north of the village, and south of the valley lies the Raudsjøheimen mountain range. The Hola river begins at lake Nordersjøen on the south side of the village. The river runs to the southeast through several small lakes near the village including: Drengen, Asmaren, Stikkilen, and Storsjøen before the river heads to the southeast.
In the 18th century, there were trials between the local villagers and farmers from Tynset concerning fishing rights in the local lakes.[3]