Editing Åsnes (section)

==General information==
[[File:Gjesåssjøen.jpg|thumb|left|View of Gjesåssjøen lake]]
[[File:Åsnes Finnskog kirke.JPG|thumb|left|Åsnes Finnskog kirke]]
When municipal government was established in Norway on 1 January 1838, the Åsnes area was part of [[Hof, Hedmark|Hof Municipality]]. In 1849, Hof municipality was divided into two: Hof (population: 2,913) and ''[[Åsnes og Våler]]'' (population: 7,087). A short time later, in 1854, the municipality of Åsnes og Våler was  divided into the two current municipalities of [[Våler, Innlandet|Våler]] (population: 3,410) and Åsnes (population: 3,677).<ref name="Dag" />

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1963, [[Hof, Innlandet|Hof Municipality]] (population: 3,222) was merged into Åsnes Municipality (population: 6,750). On 1 January 1969, the [[Rotberget]] farm area (population: 23) in the [[Finnskogen]] part of the municipality was transferred to the neighboring municipality of [[Grue, Norway|Grue]].<ref name="Dag">{{Cite web |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |year=1999 |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |publisher=[[Statistics Norway|Statistisk sentralbyrå]] |language=no |isbn=9788253746845}}</ref> In the 2010s, there had been talk of further municipal mergers but the neighboring municipalities of [[Grue, Norway|Grue]] and Våler both rejected merging with Åsnes.

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old ''Åsnes'' farm ({{langx|non|Ásnes}}) since the first [[Åsnes Church]] was built there. The first element is {{wikt-lang|non|áss}} which means "[[mountain]] [[ridge]]". The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|nes}} which means "[[headland]]". The headland that it is referring to is made by the river [[Glomma]] near the Åsnes farm which is located beneath a hill.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SZMOAAAAYAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Hedmarkens amt |date=1900 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=3 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=285 and 289 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref> On 21 December 1917, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] enacted the [[Norwegian language conflict|1917 Norwegian language reforms]]. Prior to this change, the name was spelled ''Aasnes'' with the [[digraph (orthography)|digraph]] "[[Aa (digraph)|Aa]]", and after this reform, the name was spelled ''Åsnes'', using the letter [[Å]] instead.<ref>{{Cite journal |year=1917 |title=Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1917. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2015102381014_001 |journal=[[Norsk Lovtidend]] |language=no |location=Oslo, Norway |publisher=Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri |page=1000}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.nb.no/items/7c810cb2510e5454433266c698b8808e |title=Den Nye rettskrivning : regler og ordlister |publisher=Den Mallingske Boktrykkeri |year=1918 |location=Kristiania, Norge |language=no}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 9 December 2001. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Or (heraldry)|Or]], three [[Peavey (tool)|pike hooks]] [[Sable (heraldry)|sable]] in [[bend sinister]] points in base [[Dexter and sinister|dexter]]"'' ({{langx|no|I gult tre skrått nedvoksende svarte fløterhaker}}). This means the arms have a [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) has a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[Or (heraldry)|Or]] which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is three [[Peavey (tool)|hooks]] for [[log driving]] that are pointing downwards diagonally. This was chosen to represent the importance of [[logging]] and [[forestry]] to the municipality throughout history. There are three poles to symbolize the three important rivers of the municipality: [[Glomma]], [[Flisa (river)|Flisa]], and Kynna. The arms were designed by Arvid Steen. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Åsnes |access-date=2023-04-24 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Asnes, Hedmark |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-04-25.html |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kommunevåpen |url=http://www.asnes.kommune.no/index.asp?strUrl=1002855i&topExpand=&subExpand= |access-date=2008-12-21 |publisher=Åsnes kommune |language=no}}</ref> {{See also-text|the coats of arms for [[Fet, Norway#Coat of arms|Fet]], [[Jondal#Coat of arms|Jondal]], [[Marker, Norway#Coat of arms|Marker]], and [[Nordre Land#Coat of arms|Nordre Land]].}}

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has six parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Åsnes. It is part of the [[Solør, Vinger og Odal prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Hamar]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Åsnes'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="1"|Arneberg||[[Arneberg Church]]||[[Jammerdalen]]||1878
|-
|rowspan="1"|Gjesåsen||[[Gjesåsen Church]]||[[Gjesåsen]]||1863
|-
|rowspan="1"|Hof||[[Hof Church]]||[[Hof, Åsnes|Hof]]||1861
|-
|rowspan="1"|Hof Finnskog||[[Hof Finnskog Church]]||[[Dulpetorpet]]||1953
|-
|rowspan="1"|Åsnes||[[Åsnes Church]]||[[Flisa]]||1744
|-
|rowspan="1"|Åsnes Finnskog||[[Åsnes Finnskog Church]]||[[Vermundsjøen]]||1861
|}