Os, Hedmark

Os, Hedmark
Os kommune
—  Municipality  —

Coat of arms
Hedmark within
Norway
Os within Hedmark
Coordinates: 62°28′34″N 11°14′35″E / 62.47611°N 11.24306°E / 62.47611; 11.24306Coordinates: 62°28′34″N 11°14′35″E / 62.47611°N 11.24306°E / 62.47611; 11.24306
Country Norway
County Hedmark
District Østerdalen
Administrative centre Os i Østerdalen
Government
 - Mayor (2007) Arne Grue (Ap)
Area
 - Total 1,040 km2 (401.5 sq mi)
 - Land 1,008 km2 (389.2 sq mi)
Area rank 101 in Norway
Population (2004)
 - Total 2,131
 - Rank 333 in Norway
 - Density 2/km2 (5.2/sq mi)
 - Change (10 years) 4.2 %
Demonym Osing[1]
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code NO-0441
Official language form Neutral
Website os.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Os 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 Os i Østerdalen. The new municipality of Os was separated from Tolga on 1 July 1926. (Tolga and Os were also briefly merged together from 1966-1976: see Tolga-Os.)

The municipality is located to the west of the municipality of Røros and to the south of Midtre Gauldal and Holtålen in Sør-Trøndelag county. In Hedmark county, Os is east of Tolga and north of Engerdal.

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General information

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Os farm (Old Norse: Óss), since the first church was built here (in 1703). The name is identical with the word óss which means "mouth of a river" (here it is the Vangrøfta river running out into the Glomma river).

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 17 December 1992. The arms show three gold cow bells on a green background. It symbolizes the traditional and modern businesses in the municipality.[2]

Geography

Lakes in the region include Flensjøen.

References

  1. ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/nb-no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskrivning_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn/. 
  2. ^ "Kommunevåpen". Os kommune i Hedmark. http://www.os.kommune.no/symfonios/portal.nsf/WebInterMainFrameset?OpenFrameset. Retrieved 2008-12-22.  (Norwegian)

External links

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 Os, Hedmark

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