Editing Ås, Akershus (section)

==General information==

===Etymology===
The parish was named after the old ''Ås'' ([[Norse language|Norse]] ''Áss'') farm, since the first church was built there. The name is identical with the word ''áss'' meaning "[[hill]]", "[[ridge]]" or "[[esker]]" (height in [[moraine]] landscape). Prior to 1921, the name was spelled ''Aas''.

===Coat-of-arms===
The [[Coat of arms|coat-of-arms]] is from modern times.  They were granted on 23 July 1982.   The three silver diamonds are a symbol for the many archaeological findings in the area. The diamond ([[rhombus]]) shape was taken as it resembled many of the [[axe]]s found in the area ''(Nøstvet ax)''. The silver colour resembles the [[flint]], which the tools were made of. The number of three diamonds was chosen to represent the three parishes in the municipality: Ås, Kroer and [[Nordby, Norway|Nordby]].<ref name="kom" /><ref>{{cite web|author=Norske Kommunevåpen|year=1990|title=Nye kommunevåbener i Norden|url=http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/a/as.htm|access-date=17 December 2008}}</ref>

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|+ '''Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Ås by country of origin in 2017'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=FolkInnvkatLand&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=innvbef&StatVariant=&checked=true |title= Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population|publisher=ssb.no |access-date=25 June 2017}}</ref>
 
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! style="background:#efefef;"|Ancestry
! style="background:#efefef;"|Number
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| {{flag|Poland}}||521
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| {{flag|Sweden}}||244
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| {{flag|Lithuania}}||214
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| {{flag|Ethiopia}}||173
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| {{flag|Germany}}||161
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| {{flag|Pakistan}}||136
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| {{flag|Iran}}||134
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| {{flag|Denmark}}||132
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| {{flag|Iraq}}||122
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| {{flag|Kosovo}}||120
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