Åmot Municipality
Åmot Municipality
Åmot kommune | |
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| Aamot herred (historic name) | |
View of the Old Nordre Osen Church | |
Innlandet within Norway | |
Åmot within Innlandet | |
| Coordinates: 61°8′47″N 11°24′57″E / 61.14639°N 11.41583°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Innlandet |
| District | Østerdalen |
| Established | 1 January 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Administrative centre | Rena |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019) | Ole Erik Hørstad (H) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,339.91 km2 (517.34 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,293.32 km2 (499.35 sq mi) |
| • Water | 46.59 km2 (17.99 sq mi) 3.5% |
| • Rank | #72 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,057.31 m (3,468.86 ft) |
| Population (2025) | |
• Total | 4,205 |
| • Rank | #200 in Norway |
| • Density | 3.1/km2 (8/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −3.7% |
| Demonym | Åmoting |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-3422 |
| Website | Official website |
Åmot 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 Rena. Other villages in the municipality include Åsta, Osneset, and Snippen.
The 1,340-square-kilometre (520 sq mi) municipality is the 72nd largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Åmot is the 200th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,205. The municipality's population density is 3.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (8.0/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 3.7% over the previous 10-year period.