Åsnes og Våler is a former municipality in the old

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county,

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. The municipality existed from 1849 until 1854 when it was divided into the present-day municipalities of

Åsnes Åsnes is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Solør. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Flisa, which is also the largest village in the municipality with around 1 ...

and Våler. The

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of the municipality was the village of

Flisa Flisa is the administrative centre of Åsnes Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village lies at the confluence of the rivers Flisa and Glomma. The Norwegian National Road 2 and the Solørbanen railway line both pass through the ...

, where Åsnes Church was located.

History

The municipality of Åsnes og Våler was established in 1849 when the municipality of Hof was divided (see

formannskapsdistrikt () is the name for Norwegian local self-government districts that were legally enacted on 1 January 1838. This system of municipalities was created in a bill approved by the Parliament of Norway and signed into law by King Carl Johan on 14 Janua ...

law). Initially, Åsnes og Våler had a population of 7,087. In 1854, the municipality of Åsnes og Våler was divided to create two new municipalities:

with a population of 3,677 and Våler with a population of 3,410. Both municipalities still exist.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Aasnes og Vaaler Åsnes Våler, Innlandet Former municipalities of Norway 1849 establishments in Norway 1854 disestablishments in Norway

History

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