Hof Municipality (Hedmark)
Hof Municipality
Hof herred | |
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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 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1959–1963) | Thorstein Haugen (Ap) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 422.4 km2 (163.1 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #226 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 634.6 m (2,082 ft) |
| Population (1962) | |
• Total | 3,285 |
| • Rank | #272 in Norway |
| • Density | 7.8/km2 (20/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −4.6% |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0424 |
Hof is a former municipality in the old Hedmark county, Norway. The 422.4-square-kilometre (163.1 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1963. The area is now part of Åsnes Municipality in the traditional district of Solør. The administrative centre was the village of Hof where the old Hof Church is located.
Prior to its dissolution in 1963, the 422.4-square-kilometre (163.1 sq mi) municipality was the 226th largest by area out of the 705 municipalities in Norway. Hof Municipality was the 272nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 3,285. The municipality's population density was 7.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (20/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 4.6% over the previous 10-year period.