Editing Åsnes (section)

==Geography==
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|+ Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Åsnes by country of origin in 2017<ref>{{Cite web |title=Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents |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 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702101705/https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=FolkInnvkatLand&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=innvbef&StatVariant=&checked=true |archive-date=2 July 2015 |access-date=29 June 2015 |publisher=ssb.no}}</ref>
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!Ancestry!!Number
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| {{flag|Poland}}||59
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| {{flag|Lithuania}}||58
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| {{flag|Sweden}}||55
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| {{flag|Eritrea}}||32
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| {{flag|Thailand}}||29
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| {{flag|Syria}}||25
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| {{flag|Bosnia-Herzegovina}}||23
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| {{flag|Denmark}}||22
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The municipality is located in the southern part of [[Innlandet]] county in the traditional region of [[Solør]]. Åsnes is bordered to the north by the municipality of [[Våler, Innlandet|Våler]], to the south by [[Grue, Norway|Grue]], to the west by [[Nord-Odal]] and [[Stange]], and to the east it borders [[Torsby Municipality]] in [[Värmland County]], [[Sweden]].

[[Finnskogen]] or ''the forest of the [[Finns]]'' is a belt about {{convert|32|km|mi|0}} wide which runs continuously northwards along the border between Norway and Sweden through six Norwegian municipalities, including Åsnes.

Åsnes has several lakes and rivers throughout the forested municipality which sits in the southern [[Glåmdal]] valley. It includes the lakes [[Gjesåssjøen]], [[Hukusjøen]], and [[Vermunden]]. The rivers [[Flisa (river)|Flisa]], [[Rotna]], and [[Glomma]] all flow through the municipality.