àsnes og VÃÂ¥ler or Aasnes og Vaaler is a former municipality in the old Hedmark county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1849 until its dissolution in 1854. The area is now divided between àsnes Municipality and VÃÂ¥ler Municipality in the traditional district of Solør. The administrative centre was the village of Flisa, where àsnes Church is located.
The municipality of Aasnes og Vaaler was established in 1849 when the large Hof Municipality was divided into two parts (see formannskapsdistrikt law). Initially, Aasnes og Vaaler had a population of 7,087. In 1854, the municipality was divided to create two new municipalities: Aasnes Municipality (population: 3,677) in the south and Vaaler Municipality (population: 3,410) in the north. Both municipalities still exist, but the spelling of the names are slightly different (ÃÂ snes and VÃÂ¥ler).
The municipal name was created in 1849 (and in use until 1854) when the old Hof Municipality was divided. The new name was a combination of two areas that made up the new municipality. The word , meaning "and", was in between the two names. The name of the municipality was always spelled during its existence, but on 21 December 1917, a royal resolution enacted the 1917 Norwegian language reforms (long after this municipality was dissolved). This reform changed the spelling in the Norwegian language so that the digraph "aa" was no longer used and instead, the letter ÃÂ¥ was used. This is why the name is now usually seen written using the modern spelling: , but this was never used during the existence of the municipality.
The first name comes from the old Aasnes farm () since the first ÃÂ snes Church was built there. The first element is which means "mountain ridge". The last element is which means "headland". The headland that it is referring to is made by the river Glomma near the ÃÂ snes farm which is located beneath a hill. The second name comes from the old Vaaler farm () since the first VÃÂ¥ler Church was built there. The first element is the plural form of which means "clearing in the woods".
The Church of Norway had two parishes () within Aasnes og Vaaler Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Aasnes prestegjeld and the Sør-ÃÂsterdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar.
The municipality was located in the Solør district. Elverum Municipality was to the north, the ÃÂlvdal Hundred in Sweden was to the east, Hof Municipality was to the south, Romedal Municipality was to the west, and Løten Municipality was to the northwest. The highest point in the municipality was the tall mountain Kjølberget, located near the border with Trysil Municipality and Sweden.
While it existed, Aasnes og Vaaler Municipality was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives (). The mayor () was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.