Hoppestad

Hoppestad is a village in Skien Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The village is located about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of the town of Skien. The village of Luksefjell lies about 20 kilometres (12 mi) to the north and the village of Valebø lies about 18 kilometres (11 mi) to the northwest. The Hoppestadelva river runs through the village.

Hoppestad
Village
View of the river running through the village
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Coordinates: 59.25651°N 9.56392°E / 59.25651; 9.56392
Country	Norway
Region	Eastern Norway
County	Telemark
District	Grenland
Municipality	Skien Municipality
Elevation [1]	40 m (130 ft)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code	3721 Skien

The 0.52-square-kilometre (130-acre) village had a population (2012) of 571 and a population density of 1,098 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,840/sq mi). 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]