Hoppestad is a village in Skien Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The village is located about 5 km north of the town of Skien. The village of Luksefjell lies about 20 km to the north and the village of Valebø lies about 18 km to the northwest. The Hoppestadelva river runs through the village. The 0.52 km2 village had a population (2012) of 571 and a population density of 1098 PD/km2. Since 2012, the population and area data for this village area has not been separately tracked by Statistics Norway, but now it is considered part of the Porsgrunn/Skien metropolitan area.