Municipality ID NO-1575 Created from Edøy in 1915 Area 50 km² | Adm. Center Hopen Merged into Smøla in 1960 Local time Tuesday 4:11 PM | |
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Hopen is a village (and a former municipality) in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village of Hopen is the administrative center of Smøla Municipality. 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.
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Map of 6570 Hopen, Norway
Hopen municipality
The former municipality of Hopen covered the northern part of the present-day Smøla Municipality. It was the northeastern third of the island of Smøla as well as all the surrounding islets. The municipality existed from 1915 until 1960 when it was merged into Smøla municipality.
History
The municipality of Hopen was established on 1 January 1915 when the large municipality of Edøy was split into three to form the new municipalities of Edøy, Hopen, and Brattvær. Initially, Hopen had a population of 1,050. On 1 January 1960, the 1915 partition was reversed, reuniting the municipalities of Brattvær, Edøy, and Hopen under the new name of Smøla. Before the merger, Hopen had a population of 1,550.