Åmot

Åmot kommune

Country	Norway
County	Hedmark
District	Østerdalen
Municipality	NO-0429
Administrative centre	Rena
Mayor (2003)	Ole Gustav Narud (Sp)
Official language form	Bokmål
Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage	Ranked 67 1,340 km² 1,293 km² 0.41 %
Population  - Total (2004)  - Percentage  - Change (10 years)  - Density	Ranked 217 4,425 0.10 % 1.7 % 3/km²
Coordinates	61°8′N 11°24′E / 61.133, 11.4Coordinates: 61°8′N 11°24′E / 61.133, 11.4
www.amot.kommune.no Data from Statistics Norway

Åmot is a municipality in the county of Hedmark, Norway.

Åmot was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).

The municipality administration center for Åmot in Hedmark is in Rena.

[edit] The name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old farm Åmot (Norse Ámót), since the first church was built here. The first element is á 'river', the last element is mót n 'meeting'. (The rivers Glomma and Rena run together here.)

Until 1921 the name was written "Aamot".

[edit] Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1988). It shows three timber axes.

[edit] Geography

Åmot is bordered to the north by Rendalen, to the east by Trysil, to the south by Elverum, to the southwest by Hamar and Ringsaker, and in the west by Stor-Elvdal.

The Renaelva river flows into the Glomma in Åmot.

[edit] Economy

Åmot have four schools: Åmot Ungdomsskole (Åmot Lower secondary school), Rena Barneskole, Deset Oppvekstsenter and Osen Oppvekstsenter.

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