Flisa is the

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Åsnes Municipality 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 ...

Innlandet Innlandet is a county in Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020 with the merger of the old counties of Oppland and Hedmark (the municipalities of Jevnaker and Lunner were transferred to the neighboring county of Viken on the same date). The ...

county,

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. The village lies at the

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of the rivers

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 vil ...

and

Glomma The Glomma, or Glåma, is Norway's longest and most voluminous river. With a total length of , it has a drainage basin that covers fully 13% of Norway's surface area, all in the southern part of the country. Geography At its fullest length, the ...

. The

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and the Solørbanen railway line both pass through the village. The village of

Kjellmyra Kjellmyra is a village in Åsnes Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located along the river Flisa, about north of the village of Flisa and about south of the village of Gjesåsen. The village has a population (2021) of 41 ...

is located about to the north of this village.

Åsnes Church Åsnes Church ( no, Åsnes kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Åsnes Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Flisa. It is the church for the Åsnes parish which is part of the Solør, Vinger og O ...

is located on the west side of Flisa. The village has a population (2021) of 1,712 and a

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of . Despite its low population, Flisa is a commercial centre and it has a variety of diverse shops that are located along the town's main street, Kaffegata ( en, Coffee Street). For some time the log driver statue was the town's only landmark. In recent years however, other attractions have opened such as the world's tallest toothpick since Norway's largest producer of toothpicks is located nearby. In 2003, the

Flisa Bridge 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 villag ...

opened, crossing the

just south of the village. It is the world's longest wooden bridge with a length of . In the summer, Flisa is plagued with mosquitoes. They are quite famous in Åsnes and are usually referred to as ''Flisa Mygg'' which translates to "Flisa Mosquitoes". The

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DJ and

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is from Flisa.

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Åsnes Villages in Innlandet {{Innlandet-geo-stub