Editing Osen Municipality (section)

==General information==
[[File:Strand i osen.jpg|thumb|left|View of Strand]]
The municipality of Osen was established on 1 June 1892 when the old [[Bjørnør Municipality]] was divided into three: Osen Municipality (population: 1,575), [[Roan Municipality]] (population: 2,069), and [[Stoksund Municipality]] (population: 1,122). The municipal boundaries of Osen have not changed since.<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>

On 1 January 2018, the municipality switched from the old [[Sør-Trøndelag]] county to the new [[Trøndelag]] county.

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old ''[[Osen (village)|Osen]]'' farm ({{langx|non|Óss}}) since the first [[Osen Church]] was built there. The name, {{wikt-lang|non|óss}}, means "mouth of a river" (referring to the mouth of the [[Steinselva]] river). The suffix {{lang|no|-en}} was added later to give the [[Finite verb|finite form]] of {{wikt-lang|non|óss}}, giving the meaning of ''Osen'' as "the ''Os''" or "the mouth of the river".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |author-link=Oluf Rygh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AGxBAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Søndre Trondhjems amt |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |year=1901 |edition=14 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=3 |language=no}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 27 March 1987. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]], a net [[argent]]"'' ({{langx|no|Blått dekket med sølv fiskegarn}}). This means the arms have a blue [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is part of a [[fishing net]]. The fishing net has a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[argent]] which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The design is based on an old [[petroglyph]] and it was chosen to symbolize the importance of [[fishing]] for the community. Several different arms were designed, all with fisheries as the main theme, but the council finally chose this one, which is unique among Norwegian civic [[heraldry]]. The arms were designed by Einar H. Skjervold. 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=Osen |access-date=2023-02-16 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Osen, South Trøndelag (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-16-33.html |access-date=2023-02-16 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1987-03-27 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1987-03-27-217 |access-date=2023-02-16 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref>

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has one parish ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within Osen Municipality. It is part of the [[Fosen prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Nidaros]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Osen'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="2"|Osen||[[Osen Church]]||[[Osen (village)|Osen]]||1877
|-
|[[Seter Chapel (Osen)|Seter Chapel]]||[[Seter, Osen|Seter]]||1969
|}