Editing Dønna Municipality (section)

==General information==
===Municipal history===
The municipality of Dønna was established on 1 January 1962 due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. The new municipality was created by merging these areas:
*all of [[Nordvik Municipality]] (population: 1,293) 
*the part of [[Herøy Municipality (Nordland)|Herøy Municipality]] on the southern tip of the [[Dønna (island)|island of Dønna]] (population: 19)
*the part of [[Nesna Municipality]] on the island [[Løkta]] (population: 80)
*the majority of [[Dønnes Municipality]] (population: 1,348), except for the part located on the island of [[Tomma]].

The borders of Dønna Municipality have not changed since that time.<ref>{{Cite web |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}}</ref>

===Name===
The municipality is named after the [[Dønna (island)|island of Dønna]] ({{langx|non|Dyn}}). The name is probably derived from the [[Old Norse]] verb {{wikt-lang|non|dynja}} which means to "rumble" or "roar" (referring to the swell of the [[ocean surface waves|waves]] on the island).<ref>{{Cite journal |year=1871 |title=Helgelands stedsnavn |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AIdBAAAAIAAJ |journal=[[Historisk Tidsskrift (Oslo)|Historisk tidsskrift]] |language=no |location=Kristiania, Norge |publisher=Den Norske historiske forening |page=70 |access-date=2008-11-18}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 29 May 1981. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Or (heraldry)|Or]] a schnecke [[Azure (heraldry)|azure]] from base [[Dexter and sinister|sinister]] to [[Dexter and sinister|dexter]]"'' ({{langx|no|Delt av gull og blått ved virvelsnitt}}). This means the arms have a [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) that is divided by a [[Line (heraldry)|line]] called a ''schnecke'' (a swirling clockwise spiral design that is looks like a [[Ocean surface wave|wave]]). The field located above the line has a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[Or (heraldry)|Or]] which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The tincture below the line is blue. 
The arms are a [[Canting arms|canting]] symbol for the municipality since the [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] word ''dønning'' means "wave" or "[[Swell (ocean)|swell]]". The arms were designed by Odd Fjordholm.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Dønna |access-date=2023-01-31 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dønna, Nordland (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-18-27.html |access-date=2023-01-31 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1981-07-31 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1981-05-29-3736 |access-date=2023-01-31 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref>

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has one parish ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within Dønna Municipality. It is part of the [[Nord-Helgeland prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Dønna'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="5"|Dønna||[[Dønnes Church]]||[[Dønnes]]||13th century
|-
|[[Hæstad Church]]||[[Hestad, Dønna|Hestad]]||1912
|-
|[[Løkta Church]]||[[Sandåker]]||1968
|-
|[[Nordvik Church]]||Nordvik (near [[Solfjellsjøen]])||1877
|-
|[[Vandve Church]]||[[Vandve]]||1956
|}

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Lovøygården.JPG|The old trading house at Lauvøy, surrounded by [[Sitka spruce]]
Dønneskirke.jpg|[[Dønnes Church]]
Doennamannen.jpg|View of the Dønnmannen mountain
</gallery>