Åsnes Municipality
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Key facts
- Country
- Norway
- County
- Innlandet
- District
- Solør
- Preceded by
- Aasnes og Vaaler Municipality
- Administrative centre
- Flisa
- Mayor 2023
- Einar Toverud ( Sp )
- Total
- 1,040.93 km (401.91 sq mi)
- Land
- 1,004.09 km (387.68 sq mi)
- Water
- 36.84 km (14.22 sq mi) 3.5%
- Rank
- # 108 in Norway
- Highest elevation
- 634.6 m (2,082 ft)
- Density
- 7/km (18/sq mi)
- Change 10 years
- −2.7%
- Demonym
- Åsnessokning
- Norwegian form
- Bokmål
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Iso 3166 code
- NO-3418
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Demonym
- åsnessokning
- Population
- 7216
- Area
- 0.55
- Official website
- asnes.kommune.no
- Image
- Gjesåssjøen.jpg
- Households
- 157
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- Commons category
- Åsnes
- inception
- 1854-00-00
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Article
Åsnes is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Solør. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Flisa, which is also the largest village in the municipality with nearly 1,800 people. Other villages in the municipality include Gjesåsen, Hof, Sønsterud, and Kjellmyra.
The 1,041-square-kilometre (402 sq mi) municipality is the 108th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Åsnes Municipality is the 141st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 7,247. The municipality's population density is 7 inhabitants per square kilometre (18/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 2.7% over the previous 10-year period.