Official Name: | Hoppestad |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Norway Telemark#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Eastern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Telemark |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Grenland |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Skien Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 3721 Skien |
Coordinates: | 59.2565°N 9.5639°W |
Elevation M: | 40 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Hoppestad is a village in Skien Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The village is located about north of the town of Skien. The village of Luksefjell lies about to the north and the village of Valebø lies about to the northwest. The Hoppestadelva river runs through the village.
The 0.52km2 village had a population (2012) of 571 and a population density of . Since 2012, the population and area data for this village area has not been separately tracked by Statistics Norway, but now it is considered part of the Porsgrunn/Skien metropolitan area.[2]