Hof Municipality
Hof herred | |
|---|---|
 View of the village of Hof | |
 Hedmark within Norway | |
 Hof within Hedmark | |
| Coordinates: 60°33′10″N 12°01′19″E / 60.55275°N 12.02188°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Hedmark |
| District | Solør |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1963 |
| • Succeeded by | Åsnes Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Hof |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
| • Total | 422 km2 (163 sq mi) |
| Population (1963) | |
| • Total | 3,222 |
| • Density | 7.6/km2 (20/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0424[1] |
Hof is a former municipality in the old Hedmark county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until 1963 when it was merged into Åsnes Municipality. In 1963 when it was dissolved, the municipality encompassed 422 square kilometres (163 sq mi). The administrative centre was the village of Hof where the old Hof Church is located.[2]
Hof was located in the traditional district of Solør. Hof was bordered by Grue municipality to the south, Asnes municipality to the north, Våler, Nord-Odal, and Stange municipalities to the west, and the Kingdom of Sweden to the east. The eastern part of the municipality was part of the Finnskogen area.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (16 February 2021). "Hof (Innlandet)". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 12 March 2022.