Os, Innlandet

Os Municipality
Os kommune
View of Os i Østerdalen
Innlandet within Norway
Innlandet within Norway
Os within Innlandet
Os within Innlandet
Coordinates: 62°28′34″N 11°14′35″E / 62.47611°N 11.24306°E / 62.47611; 11.24306
CountryNorway
CountyInnlandet
DistrictØsterdalen
Established1 July 1926
 • Preceded byTolga Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1966
 • Succeeded byTolga-Os Municipality
Re-established1 Jan 1976
 • Preceded byTolga-Os Municipality
Administrative centreOs i Østerdalen
Government
 • Mayor (2023)Ivar Midtdal (Sp)
Area
 • Total1,040.32 km2 (401.67 sq mi)
 • Land1,006.74 km2 (388.70 sq mi)
 • Water33.66 km2 (13.00 sq mi)  3.2%
 • Rank#110 in Norway
Population
 (2023)
 • Total1,844
 • Rank#288 in Norway
 • Density1.8/km2 (5/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −9.4%
DemonymOsing[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNeutral
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3430[3]
WebsiteOfficial website

Os 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 Os i Østerdalen. The municipality is located to the west of the municipality of Røros and to the south of the municipalities of Midtre Gauldal and Holtålen in Trøndelag county. In Innlandet county, Os is located to the west of the municipality of Tolga and to the north of the municipality of Engerdal.[4]

The 1,040-square-kilometre (400 sq mi) municipality is the 110th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Os is the 288th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,844. The municipality's population density is 1.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (4.7/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 9.4% over the previous 10-year period.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  4. ^ Svendsen, Trond Olav, ed. (8 September 2021). "Os (kommune i Nord-Østerdal)". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  5. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  6. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).

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