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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name          = Skarnes
|other_name             =
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|nickname               =
|settlement_type        = Village
|image_skyline          = Skarnes stasjon.jpg
|image_caption          = View of the village railway station
|pushpin_map            = Innlandet#Norway
|pushpin_label_position = top
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|pushpin_map_caption    = Location of the village
|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = [[Norway]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[List of regions of Norway|Region]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Eastern Norway]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Counties of Norway|County]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[Innlandet]]
|subdivision_type3      = [[Districts of Norway|District]]
|subdivision_name3      = [[Odalen]]
|subdivision_type4      = [[List of municipalities of Norway|Municipality]]
|subdivision_name4      = [[Sør-Odal Municipality]]
|timezone1              = [[Central European Time|CET]]
|utc_offset1            = +01:00
|timezone1_DST          = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|utc_offset1_DST        = +02:00
|area_footnotes         = <ref name="ssb" />
|area_total_km2         = 2.43
|population_as_of       = 2021
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|population_total       = 2557
|population_density_km2 = 1054
|postal_code_type       = Post Code
|postal_code            = 2100 Skarnes
|coordinates            = {{coord|60.25391|11.68486|region:NO_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_m            = 134
|elevation_footnotes    = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Skarnes, Sør-Odal |url=https://www.yr.no/nb/v%C3%A6rvarsel/daglig-tabell/1-104080/Norge/Innlandet/S%C3%B8r-Odal/Skarnes |publisher=[[yr.no]] |accessdate=2022-03-20}}</ref>}}
'''Skarnes''' is the [[administrative centre]] of [[Sør-Odal Municipality]] in [[Innlandet]] county, [[Norway]]. The village lies along the river [[Glomma]], about half-way between the villages of [[Disenå]] and [[Sander, Norway|Sander]]. The new Sør-Odal municipal hall is located in the village. Construction was finished in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-01-14 |title=Nytt rådhus i Odalen |url=https://www.glomdalen.no/leder/nytt-radhus-i-odalen/o/1-57-2417543}}</ref>
The [[Kongsvingerbanen]] railway line runs through the village, stopping at [[Skarnes Station]] which opened in 1862. The [[European route E16]] highway runs through the village. The [[Oppstad Church]] is located about {{convert|4|km}} north of the village.
The {{convert|2.43|km2|acre|adj=on}} village has a population (2021) of 2,557 and a [[population density]] of {{convert|1054|PD/km2}}.<ref name="ssb">{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |date=2021-01-01 |title=Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/statistikker/beftett/aar |authorlink=Statistics Norway}}</ref>
== Location ==
The village consists of three parts. The "original" Skarnes is on the south side of the river [[Glomma]], near a bridge. The area called ''Tronbøl'' is south of the original village area, on the same side of the river. The third part of the village is ''Korsmo'', across the river to the northwest.
==Notable people==
*[[Charles Berstad]] (born 1964), football player
*[[Magnus Gullerud]] (born 1991), handball player
*[[Kent Håvard Eriksen]] (born 1991), football player
*[[Kåre Tveter]] (1922–2012), painter
*[[Øystein Sunde]] (born 1947), musician
*[[Hanne Tveter]] (born 1974), jazz vocalist
*[[Elias Akselsen]] (born 1947), singer
*[[Veronica Akselsen]] (born 1986), singer
==References==
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[[Category:Sør-Odal]]
[[Category:Villages in Innlandet]]
[[Category:Populated places on the Glomma River]]
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