Osen

Osen Municipality
Osen kommune
View of the Osen river
View of the Osen river
Trøndelag within Norway
Trøndelag within Norway
Osen within Trøndelag
Osen within Trøndelag
Coordinates: 64°17′52″N 10°30′48″E / 64.29778°N 10.51333°E / 64.29778; 10.51333
CountryNorway
CountyTrøndelag
DistrictFosen
Established1 June 1892
 • Preceded byBjørnør Municipality
Administrative centreSteinsdalen
Government
 • Mayor (2023)Håvard Strand (LL)
Area
 • Total387.09 km2 (149.46 sq mi)
 • Land369.62 km2 (142.71 sq mi)
 • Water17.48 km2 (6.75 sq mi)  4.5%
 • Rank#240 in Norway
Population
 (2023)
 • Total904
 • Rank#340 in Norway
 • Density2.4/km2 (6/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −10.5%
DemonymOsing[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formBokmål
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-5020[3]
WebsiteOfficial 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]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  4. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  5. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).

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