Åsnes
Municipality in Innlandet, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 around 1,700 people. Other villages in the municipality include Gjesåsen, Hof, and Kjellmyra.
Åsnes Municipality
Åsnes kommune | |
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Aasnes herred (historic name) | |
Coordinates: 60°39′13″N 12°9′11″E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Innlandet |
District | Solør |
Established | 1854 |
• Preceded by | Åsnes og Våler |
Administrative centre | Flisa |
Government | |
• Mayor (2023) | Per Roar Bredvold (FrP) |
Area | |
• Total | 1,040.94 km2 (401.91 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,004.08 km2 (387.68 sq mi) |
• Water | 36.84 km2 (14.22 sq mi) 3.5% |
• Rank | #108 in Norway |
Population (2023) | |
• Total | 7,267 |
• Rank | #138 in Norway |
• Density | 7.2/km2 (19/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | −4.4% |
Demonym | Åsnessokning[1] |
Official language | |
• Norwegian form | Bokmål |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-3418[3] |
Website | Official website |
The 1,041-square-kilometre (402 sq mi) municipality is the 108th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Åsnes is the 138th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 7,267. The municipality's population density is 7.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (19/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 4.4% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]