Osen Municipality
Osen kommune | |
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 View of the Osen river | |
 Flag | |
 Trøndelag within Norway | |
 Osen within Trøndelag | |
| Coordinates: 64°17′52″N 10°30′48″E / 64.29778°N 10.51333°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Trøndelag |
| District | Fosen |
| Established | 1 June 1892 |
| • Preceded by | Bjørnør Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Steinsdalen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Håvard Strand (LL) |
| Area | |
• Total | 387.09 km2 (149.46 sq mi) |
| • Land | 369.62 km2 (142.71 sq mi) |
| • Water | 17.48 km2 (6.75 sq mi) 4.5% |
| • Rank | #240 in Norway |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 904 |
| • Rank | #340 in Norway |
| • Density | 2.4/km2 (6/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  −10.5% |
| Demonym | Osing[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-5020[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Osen is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Steinsdalen.
The 387-square-kilometre (149 sq mi) municipality is the 240th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Osen is the 340th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 904. The municipality's population density is 2.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (6.2/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 10.5% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).