Å is a village in

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county,

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. It lies along the

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, about north of the border with

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. The village had a population (2003) of 299 and a

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of . Since 2003, the population and area data for this village area has not been separately tracked by

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. Å, has the postal address 7335 Jerpstad, to distinguish it from other places named Å.

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is one of the village's most important industries. A person named Jo Aa, who died in the 1990s, lived in the village of Å, and he had the shortest name in Norway.

Name

The village (originally a farm) is first mentioned around 1435 "af Aam" (

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). The name is from the

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''Ár'', the plural of ''á'', meaning "(small) river". The name refers to the fact that the farm is lying between two rivers: the

and Reisa River. Until 1917, Å was spelled ''Aa''.

References

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