Official Name: | Hundorp |
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: | Gudbrandsdalen |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Sør-Fron Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Area Total Km2: | 0.85 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 583 |
Population Density Km2: | 689 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 2647 Sør-Fron |
Coordinates: | 61.5553°N 9.9407°W |
Elevation M: | 262 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Hundorp is the administrative centre of Sør-Fron Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located in the Gudbrandsdal valley along the north shore of the Gudbrandsdalslågen river, about west of the village of Ringebu. The European route E6 highway and the Dovrebanen railway line both pass through the village. The 0.85km2 village has a population (2021) of 583 and a population density of .[2]
Hundorp was also the centre of the petty kingdom of Gudbrandsdalen and as such, it was an important place for religion and politics. Dale-Gudbrand's farm, the farm once populated by the ancient ruler Dale-Gudbrand, was chosen as the millennium site of Oppland county.
The village is named after the old Hundorp farm (Norse, Old: Hundþorp). The first element is hundr which means 'dog' or 'hound'. The last element is þorp which means 'village'. The name is probably reflecting the fact that at one time this was a village of dog-breeding.