Official Name: | Kapp |
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: | Toten |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Østre Toten Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Area Total Km2: | 1.84 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 2123 |
Population Density Km2: | 1151 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 2849 Kapp |
Coordinates: | 60.7143°N 10.8577°W |
Elevation M: | 149 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Kapp is a village in Østre Toten Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located along the shore of the large lake Mjøsa, about across the lake from the town of Hamar. The town of Gjøvik lies about to the northwest of Kapp. Kapp has summer ferry connections to Gjøvik, Tingnes, and Hamar.[2]
The 1.84km2 village has a population (2021) of 2,123 and a population density of . This makes it the largest urban settlement in all of Østre Toten.[3]
Kapp has varied small industries, including aluminum production for boats and equipment for the oil industry at Kapp Aluminium. The old Kapp milk factory buildings have been turned into a museum. Just south of the village is the Peder Balke Center which hosts art exhibitions and other events.
The area was historically called Smørvika, but the area was named Kapp when the milk factories were built on the site towards the end of the 19th century. Kapp is probably used here for "headland" or "promontory".