- Åmot
Infobox_Kommune
name=Åmot
idnumber=0429
county=Hedmark
landscape=Østerdalen
capital=Rena
governor=Ole Gustav Narud (Sp)
governor_as_of=2003
arearank=67
area=1340
arealand=1293
areapercent=0.41
population_as_of=2004
populationrank=217
population=4,425
populationpercent=0.10
populationdensity=3
populationincrease=1.7
language=Bokmål
lat_deg=61| lat_min=8| lat_sec=47| lon_deg=11| lon_min=24| lon_sec=57
utm_zone=32V| utm_northing=6781501 |utm_easting=0630048| geo_cat=adm2nd
munwebpage=www.amot.kommune.noÅmot is a municipality in the county of
Hedmark ,Norway .The parish of "Aamot" was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see
formannskapsdistrikt ).The municipality administration center for Åmot in Hedmark is in Rena.
The name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old farm Åmot (Norse "Ámót"), since the first church was built here. The first element is "á" 'river', the last element is "mót" n 'meeting'. (The rivers
Glomma and Rena run together here.)Until 1921 the name was written "Aamot".
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1988). It shows three timber
axe s.Geography
Åmot is bordered to the north by
Rendalen , to the east byTrysil , to the south byElverum , to the southwest byHamar andRingsaker , and in the west byStor-Elvdal .The
Renaelva river flows into theGlomma in Åmot.Economy
Åmot have four schools:
Åmot Ungdomsskole (Åmot Lower secondary school), Rena Barneskole, Deset Oppvekstsenter and Osen Oppvekstsenter.
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