Os, Hedmark

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Os, Hedmark

Os is a municipality

Municipalities of Norway

||}Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called county , and 430 municipality . The capital city Oslo is considered both a county and a municipality....
in Hedmark

Hedmark

is a Counties of Norway in Norway, bordering S?r-Tr?ndelag, Oppland and Akershus. The county administration is in Hamar.Hedmark makes up the northeastern part of ?stlandet, the southeastern part of the country....
county

Counties of Norway

||-||}Norway is divided into 19 subnational, called county . The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 431 Municipalities of Norway ....
, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
. It is part of the traditional region

Districts of Norway

Norway is divided into a number of districts. Many districts have deep historical roots, and only partially coincide with today's administrative units of counties of Norway and municipalities of Norway....
of Østerdalen

Østerdalen

?sterdalen or ?sterdal is a valley and Districts of Norway in the eastern part of Norway, consisting of the municipalities Rendalen, Alvdal, Folldal,...
. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Os i Østerdalen. The new municipality of Os was separated from Tolga

Tolga, Norway

Tolga is a Municipalities of Norway in Hedmark Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway of ?sterdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tolga....
on 1 July 1926. (Tolga and Os were also briefly merged together from 1966-1976: see Tolga-Os

Tolga-Os

Tolga-Os is a former municipality in Hedmark, Norway.It was the result of a merger between Tolga, Norway and Os, Hedmark on January 1, 1966, during a nationwide municipality merging process....
.)

The municipality is located to the west of the municipality of Røros

Røros

is a town and Municipalities of Norway in S?r-Tr?ndelag Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen Districts of Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of R?ros....
and to the south of Midtre Gauldal

Midtre Gauldal

Midtre Gauldal is a Municipalities of Norway in S?r-Tr?ndelag Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Gauldal Districts of Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of St?ren....
and Holtålen

Holtålen

Holt?len is a Municipalities of Norway in S?r-Tr?ndelag Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Gauldal Districts of Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of ?len....
in Sør-Trøndelag

Sør-Trøndelag

is a Counties of Norway in the area Tr?ndelag in Norway, bordering Nord-Tr?ndelag, M?re og Romsdal, Oppland and Hedmark. To the west is the Norwegian Sea , and to the east is Sweden....
county.

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Os is a municipality

Municipalities of Norway

||}Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called county , and 430 municipality . The capital city Oslo is considered both a county and a municipality....
in Hedmark

Hedmark

Counties of Norway

||-||}Norway is divided into 19 subnational, called county . The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 431 Municipalities of Norway ....
, Norway

Norway

Districts of Norway

Østerdalen

Tolga, Norway

Tolga-Os

Røros

Midtre Gauldal

Holtålen

Sør-Trøndelag

is a Counties of Norway in the area Tr?ndelag in Norway, bordering Nord-Tr?ndelag, M?re og Romsdal, Oppland and Hedmark. To the west is the Norwegian Sea , and to the east is Sweden....
county. In Hedmark county, Os is east of Tolga and north of Engerdal

Engerdal

Engerdal is a Municipalities of Norway in Hedmark Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway of ?sterdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Engerdal....
.

General information

Name

The municipality (originally the parish

Parish

A parish is a local church; it is an administrative unit typically found in Roman Catholic, Anglican, United Methodist, and Presbyterianism churches....
) is named after the old Os farm (Old Norse

Old Norse

Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
: 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

Glomma

Glomma, also known as Gl?ma is the longest and largest river in Norway, 598 kilometers long. Its drainage basin covers fully 13% of Norway's area, all in the Southern part of Norway....
river).

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms

Coat of arms

A coat of arms, more properly called an armorial achievement, armorial bearings or often just arms for short, in European tradition, is a design belonging to a particular person and used by them in a wide variety of ways....
is from modern times. They were granted on 17 December 1992. The arms show three gold cow bell

Cow bell

A cow bell is a Bell worn by freely roaming livestock, so they don't run awry or wander off without being heard. While bells were used on various types of animals, they are typically referred to as "cowbells" due to their extensive use with cattle....
s on a green background. It symbolizes the traditional and modern businesses in the municipality.

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from Statistics Norway
Statistics Norway

Statistics Norway is the Norway statistics bureau. It was established in 1876.Relying on a staff of about 1000, Statistics Norway releases more than 800 Norwegian statistical publications every year on its web site....