Harpefoss

Harpefoss is a village in Sør-Fron Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located in the Gudbrandsdal valley on the north shore of the Gudbrandsdalslågen river, about northwest of the village of Hundorp. The village has a population of 314 and a population density of. The Dovrebanen railway line runs through the village.

Education

The municipal council in Sør-Fron Municipality began planning for a restructuring of the local schools in 2009. In December 2010, a decision was made which included one new kindergarten in Harpefoss. Both the deputy mayor and the chair of the living conditions committee, both from the Labour Party, said that the process had not been optimal in that all information that would be necessary for an informed decision had not been gathered.

History

On the night before Christmas 2010, a fire at a cattle barn killed between 20 and 30 cows. Temperatures close to and the closeness of farmhouse made the job of saving the animals difficult for the fire brigade.