Official Name: | Hopen |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Møre og Romsdal#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Western Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Møre og Romsdal |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Nordmøre |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Smøla Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 930 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 6570 Smøla |
Coordinates: | 63.4654°N 8.0144°W |
Elevation M: | 9 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Hopen is the administrative center of Smøla Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. 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. In 2015, there were 930 residents of Hopen.[2]
The name comes from the Old Norse word Norse, Old: hópr which means "bay".