Hopen, Møre og Romsdal

Hopen is the administrative center of Smøla Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. 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. In 2015, there were 930 residents of Hopen.
Hopen Church is located in the village.

History

From 1915 until 1960, the village was the administrative centre of the old Hopen Municipality.

Name

The name of the village is Hopen since the first Hopen Church was located in the village. The name comes from the word which means "bay".