Torpo Church
Torpo Church is a church in Ål, Buskerud, Innlandet. Torpo Church is situated nearby to Torpo Stave Church, as well as near the hamlet Opheim.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Lutheran
- Description: church building in Ål, Buskerud, Norway
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Torpo Stave Church and Lya power station.
Torpo Stave Church
Church
Photo: Eric Spenle, CC BY 3.0.
Torpo Stave Church is a stave church located in Torpo, a small village in Ål municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. Torpo is located along Norwegian National Road 7, the Norwegian national road which runs between Oslo and Bergen.
Lya power station
Industrial building
Photo: PeltonMan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lya power station is an industrial building, which is situated 1½ km west of Torpo Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Torpo and Opheim.
Torpo
Village
Photo: Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Torpo is a small village in Ål municipality, in Buskerud County, Norway, and can be reached by using highway 7. The name Torpo was adopted July 1, 1935 from the old name Torpe.
Opheim
Hamlet
Opheim is a village in Ål municipality in Buskerud, Norway. Opheim is situated in the north of the valley of Hallingdal. The traditional industry in the area is mostly agriculture with some forestry.
Torpo Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Ål, Buskerud, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
60.66425° or 60° 39′ 51″ northLongitude
8.7083° or 8° 42′ 30″ eastElevation
335 metres (1,099 feet)Inception
1880Operator
Ål kyrkjelege fellesrådOpen location code
9FGCMP75+M8OpenStreetMap ID
way 558315234OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=lutheran
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Torpo Church” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Torpo Kirke”
- Finnish: “Torpon kirkko”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Torpo kirke”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Torpo kirkested”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Torpo kyrkje”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Torpo kyrkje”
- Norwegian: “Torpo kirke”
- Swedish: “Torpo kyrka”
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