Åmot
Municipality in Innlandet, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. For other uses, see Åmot (disambiguation).
Åmot is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rena. Other villages in the municipality include Åsta, Osneset, and Snippen.[4]
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Åmot Municipality
Åmot kommune | |
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Aamot herred (historic name) | |
Coordinates: 61°8′47″N 11°24′57″E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Innlandet |
District | Østerdalen |
Established | 1 January 1838 |
• Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
Administrative centre | Rena |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019) | Ole Erik Hørstad (H) |
Area | |
• Total | 1,339.93 km2 (517.35 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,293.32 km2 (499.35 sq mi) |
• Water | 46.59 km2 (17.99 sq mi) 3.5% |
• Rank | #72 in Norway |
Population (2023) | |
• Total | 4,213 |
• Rank | #197 in Norway |
• Density | 3.3/km2 (9/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | −4% |
Demonym | Åmoting[1] |
Official language | |
• Norwegian form | Bokmål |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-3422[3] |
Website | Official website |
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The 1,340-square-kilometre (520 sq mi) municipality is the 72nd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Åmot is the 197th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,213. The municipality's population density is 3.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (8.5/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 4% over the previous 10-year period.[5][6]