Editing Øystre Slidre (section)

== General information ==
[[File:Røyne, Øystre Slidre.JPG|left|thumb|At Røyne, looking towards Hegge]]
[[File:Beitostølen, view towards town centre.JPG|left|thumb|Beitostølen, view towards town centre]]
The municipality of Øystre Slidre was established in 1849 when the old municipality of [[Slidre (municipality)|Slidre]] (created in 1838) was divided into ''Øystre Slidre'' (population: 2,406) and ''[[Vestre Slidre]]'' (population: 3,130). On 1 January 1882, a small area of [[Vang, Innlandet|Vang Municipality]] (population: 31) was transferred to the neighboring Øystre Slidre Municipality. On 1 January 1899, a small unpopulated area of Øystre Slidre was transferred to Vestre Slidre.<ref name="Dag">{{Cite book |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |year=1999 |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |publisher=[[Statistics Norway|Statistisk sentralbyrå]] |language=no |isbn=9788253746845}}</ref> On 1 January 2021, the Skjelgrenda area of [[Vestre Slidre]] was transferred to Øystre Slidre.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kommunal- og moderniseringsministeren |date=2020-05-13 |title=Vedtak om grensejustering mellom Vestre Slidre og Øystre Slidre kommuner |url=https://www.regjeringen.no/contentassets/d377736a840246f485b389f135ceae0e/vedtak-vestre-slidre-og-oystre-slidre-kommuner.pdf |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=Regjeringen.no |language=no }}</ref>

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old ''[[Slidre]]'' farm ({{langx|non|Slíðrar}}) since the old [[Slidredomen]] church was built there. The name is probably derived from the word {{wikt-lang|non|slíðr}} which means "[[Scabbard|sheath]]" (which is probably referring to a long depression near the church). In 1849, the municipality (and parish) was divided into two separate municipalities. The word {{wikt-lang|no|østre}} (meaning "eastern") was added to the beginning of the name. Thus, the meaning of the name ''Østre Slidre'' is "(the) eastern (part of) Slidre".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jJMOAAAAYAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Kristians amt (anden halvdel) |date=1902 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=4-2 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=285 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref> Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Østre Slidre''. On 11 September 1925, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Øystre Slidre'', switching to a local dialect spelling for the same word.<ref>{{Cite journal |year=1925 |title=Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1925. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2015102381035_001 |journal=[[Norsk Lovtidend]] |language=no |location=Oslo, Norway |publisher=Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri |page=477}}</ref> {{See also|Vestre Slidre#Name}}

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 17 March 1989. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[vair|Plumetty]] [[Azure (heraldry)|azure]] and [[argent]]"'' ({{langx|no|Dekt av blå og sølv skjell}}). This means the arms have a [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) that is covered with a [[vair|plumetty]] pattern with alternating [[tincture (heraldry)|tinctures]] of  blue and [[argent]] (which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used). The arms are designed to look like [[tile]]s made of [[slate]]. This recognizes that the slate industry was a formerly important industry in the area. Slate roofing was very common in [[Valdres]]. The arms were designed by Odd Karlberg. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=%C3%98ystre_Slidre |access-date=2023-04-22 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Oystre Slidre, Oppland (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-05-44.html |access-date=2023-04-22 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1989-03-17 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1989-01-20-32 |access-date=2023-04-22 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref><ref name="om">{{Cite web |title=Om Øystre Slidre |url=http://www.oystre-slidre.kommune.no/artikkel.aspx?MId1=1&AId=22&back=1 |access-date=4 January 2009 |publisher=Øystre Slidre kommune |language=no}}</ref><ref name="St" />

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has four parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Gausdal. It is part of the [[Valdres prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Hamar]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Øystre Slidre'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="1"|Hegge||[[Hegge Stave Church]]||[[Hegge, Innlandet|Hegge]]||1216
|-
|rowspan="1"|Lidar||[[Lidar Church]]||[[Skammestein]]||1932
|-
|rowspan="1"|Rogne||[[Rogne Church]]||[[Rogne, Innlandet|Rogne]]||1857
|-
|rowspan="1"|Volbu||[[Volbu Church]]||[[Volbu]]||1820
|}