Torpa, Norway

Aamot church in north Torpa

Lunde church in west Torpa

Torpa is a former municipality in Oppland county, Norway.

It was created by a split from Nordre Land on 1 January 1914. At that time Torpa had a population of 2,219. On 1 January 1962 Torpa was reincorporated into Nordre Land. Prior to the merger Torpa had a population of 2,620.

Torpa constitutes the northern part of the Nordre Land community. Torpa bordering municipalities Etnedal and Nord-Aurdal in the west, Gausdal, Lillehammer and Gjøvik in the east. Torpa is only a few miles from Dokka.

The name

The Norse form of the name was Þorp. The meaning of the word þorp n in this old district name is probably 'pasture, grazing land'.

Until 1918 the name was written "Torpen".

References

Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian).

Coordinates: 61°00′N 10°02′E / 61.000°N 10.033°E / 61.000; 10.033

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