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Revision as of 17:53, 11 September 2019
Åmot Municipality
Åmot kommune | |
|---|---|
 Nordre Osen old Church | |
 Flag | |
 Hedmark within Norway | |
 Åmot within Hedmark | |
| Coordinates: 61°8′47″N 11°24′57″E / 61.14639°N 11.41583°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Hedmark |
| District | Østerdalen |
| Administrative centre | Rena |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2003) | Ole Gustav Narud (Sp) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,340 km2 (520 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,293 km2 (499 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #67 in Norway |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 4,425 |
| • Rank | #217 in Norway |
| • Density | 3/km2 (8/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  +1.7% |
| Demonym | Åmoting[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0429[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Åmot is a municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rena. The parish of Aamot was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).
General information
Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Åmot farm (Old Norse: Ámót), since the first church was built here. The first element is á which means "river" and the last element is mót meaning "meeting". (The rivers Glomma and Rena run together here.) Prior to 1921, the name was written "Aamot".
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted in 1987. The arms show three gold or yellow timber axes on a green background. They symbolize the importance and history of the logging industry in the area.[4]
| Ancestry | Number |
|---|---|
 Lithuania |
60 |
 Poland |
29 |
 Germany |
28 |
 Eritrea |
24 |
 Sweden |
23 |
Geography
Åmot is located in the central part of Hedmark county. It is bordered to the north by Rendalen, to the east by Trysil, to the south by Elverum, to the southwest by Hamar and Ringsaker, and in the west by Stor-Elvdal.
The Renaelva river flows into the Glomma river in Åmot.
Education
Åmot has four schools: Åmot Ungdomsskole (Åmot Lower secondary school), Rena Barneskole, Deset Oppvekstsenter, and Osen Oppvekstsenter.
References
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ "Kommunevåpen" (in Norwegian). Åmot kommune. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
- ^ "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population". ssb.no. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
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External links
Media related to Åmot at Wikimedia Commons
The dictionary definition of Åmot at Wiktionary- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
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