Åsnes Municipality

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Åsnes is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Solør. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Flisa, which is also the largest village in the municipality with nearly 1,800 people. Other villages in the municipality include Gjesåsen, Hof, Sønsterud, and Kjellmyra.

The Template:Convert municipality is the 108th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Åsnes Municipality is the 141st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 7,247. The municipality's population density is Template:Convert and its population has decreased by 2.7% over the previous 10-year period.<ref name="ssb pop">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ssb area">Template:Cite web</ref>

General information

View of Gjesåssjøen lake
Åsnes Finnskog Church

When municipal government was established in Norway on 1 January 1838, the Åsnes area was part of Hof Municipality. In 1849, Hof Municipality was divided into two: Hof Municipality (population: 2,913) in the south and Aasnes og Vaaler Municipality (population: 7,087) in the north. A short time later, in 1854, Aasnes og Vaaler Municipality was divided into two: Våler Municipality (population: 3,410) in the north and Åsnes Municipality (population: 3,677) in the south.<ref name="Dag" />

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1963, Hof Municipality (population: 3,222) was merged into Åsnes Municipality (population: 6,750). On 1 January 1969, the Rotberget farm area (population: 23) in the Finnskogen part of the municipality was transferred to the neighboring Grue Municipality.<ref name="Dag">Template:Cite web</ref>

In the 2010s, there were discussions of further municipal mergers but the neighboring municipalities of Grue and Våler both rejected merging with Åsnes Municipality.

Historically, the municipality was part of Hedmark county. On 1 January 2020, the municipality became a part of the newly-formed Innlandet county (after Hedmark and Oppland counties were merged).<ref>Template:Cite SNL</ref>

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Åsnes farm (Template:Langx) since the first Åsnes Church was built there. The first element is Template:Wikt-lang which means "mountain ridge". The last element is Template:Wikt-lang which means "headland". The headland that it is referring to is made by the river Glomma near the Åsnes farm which is located beneath a hill.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> On 21 December 1917, a royal resolution enacted the 1917 Norwegian language reforms. Prior to this change, the name was spelled Aasnes with the digraph "Aa", and after this reform, the name was spelled Åsnes, using the letter Å instead.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was granted on 9 December 2001. The official blazon is "Or, three pike hooks sable in bend sinister points in base dexter" (Template:Langx). This means the arms have a field (background) has a tincture of Or which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The charge is three hooks for log driving that are pointing downwards diagonally. This was chosen to represent the importance of logging and forestry to the municipality throughout history. There are three poles to symbolize the three important rivers of the municipality: Glomma, Flisa, and Kynna. The arms were designed by Arvid Steen. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:See also-text

Churches

The Church of Norway has six parishes (Template:Lang) within Åsnes Municipality. It is part of the Solør, Vinger og Odal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar.

Churches in Åsnes Municipality
Parish (Template:Lang) Church name Location of the church Year built
Arneberg Arneberg Church Jammerdalen 1878
Gjesåsen Gjesåsen Church Gjesåsen 1863
Hof Hof Church Hof 1861
Hof Finnskog Hof Finnskog Church Dulpetorpet 1953
Åsnes Åsnes Church Flisa 1744
Åsnes Finnskog Åsnes Finnskog Church Vermundsjøen 1861

Geography

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Åsnes by country of origin in 2017<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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The municipality is located in the southern part of Innlandet county in the traditional region of Solør. Åsnes Municipality is bordered to the north by Våler Municipality, to the south by Grue Municipality, to the west by Nord-Odal Municipality and Stange Municipality, and to the east it borders Torsby Municipality in Värmland County, Sweden.

Finnskogen or the forest of the Finns is a belt about Template:Convert wide which runs continuously northwards along the border between Norway and Sweden through six Norwegian municipalities, including Åsnes.

Åsnes has several lakes and rivers throughout the forested municipality which sits in the southern Glåmdal valley. It includes the lakes Gjesåssjøen, Hukusjøen, and Vermunden. The rivers Flisa, Rotna, and Glomma all flow through the municipality. The highest point in the municipality is the Template:Convert tall mountain Elgklintsrøysa, located on the border with Sweden.<ref name="elev" />

Government

Åsnes Municipality is responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, welfare and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor is indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.<ref name="ks">Template:Cite SNL</ref> The municipality is under the jurisdiction of the Hedmarken og Østerdal District Court and the Eidsivating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

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Mayors

Template:Incomplete list The mayor (Template:Langx) of Åsnes Municipality is the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who have held this position (incomplete list):<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Div col

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Notable people

Johannes Bergh, 1890
Gunnar Gundersen, 2008

Sister cities

Åsnes has sister city agreements with the following places:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Div col

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  • Flisa station on the Solørbanen railway
    Flisa station on the Solørbanen railway
  • Bjerkely Folkehøyskole (school)
    Bjerkely Folkehøyskole (school)

References

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