Os, Hedmark
| Os kommune | |||
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| Coordinates: 62°28′34″N 11°14′35″E / 62.47611°N 11.24306°E / 62.47611; 11.24306 | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
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| County | Hedmark | ||
| District | Østerdalen | ||
| Municipality ID | NO-0441 | ||
| Administrative centre | Os i Østerdalen | ||
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| - Mayor (2007) | Arne Grue (Ap) | ||
| Area (Nr. 101 in Norway) | |||
| - Total | 1,040 km2 (401.5 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 1,008 km2 (389.2 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| - Total | 2,131 | ||
| - Density | 2/km2 (5.2/sq mi) | ||
| - Change (10 years) | 4.2 % | ||
| - Rank in Norway | 333 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Official language form | Neutral | ||
| Demonym | Osing [1] | ||
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| Website | www.os.kommune.no | ||
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]
References
- ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskriving_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn.
- ^ "Kommunevåpen". Os kommune i Hedmark. http://www.os.kommune.no/symfonios/portal.nsf/WebInterMainFrameset?OpenFrameset. Retrieved on 2008-12-22. (Norwegian)
External links
Media related to Os at Wikimedia Commons
The Wiktionary definition of Os- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
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