Editing Evenes Municipality (section)

==General information==
[[File:Strandvatnet-lake-Evenes-Norway.JPG|thumb|left|Part of Strandvatnet lake]]
[[File:Evenes kirke.JPG|thumb|left|[[Evenes Church]] (2008)]]
The municipality of ''Evindnæs'' was established on 1 January 1884 when the old [[Ofoten Municipality]] was split into two new municipalities: ''Evindnæs Municipality'' and [[Ankenes Municipality]]. Initially, Evindnæs had 2,397 residents. The spelling was later changed from Evindnæs to Evenes. On 1 January 1912, the southern part of [[Trondenes Municipality]] in [[Troms]] county (population: 291) was transferred to Evenes (and Nordland county). On 1 July 1925, the southern district of Evenes on the south side of the [[Ofotfjorden]] (population: 3,270) was separated to become the new [[Ballangen Municipality]]. This left Evenes with 2,323 residents.

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1964, the small, unpopulated ''Ramnes'' area in western Evenes was transferred to the neighboring [[Tjeldsund Municipality]]. On 1 January 1999, the small ''Veggen'' area of [[Narvik Municipality]] (population: 9) was transferred to Evenes Municipality.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |author-link=Statistics Norway |year=2012 |title=1853 Evenes. Population 1 January and population changes during the year. 1951– |url=http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/02/folkendrhist_en/tables/tab/1853.html |language=no}}</ref><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 (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old ''[[Evenes (village)|Evenes]]'' farm ({{langx|non|Øyvindarnes}}) since the first [[Evenes Church]] was built there. The first element is (probably) the [[genitive case]] of the male name {{lang|non|Øyvindr}}. The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|nes}} which means "[[headland]]". Historically, the name was spelled ''Evindnæs''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K21BAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Nordlands amt |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |year=1905 |edition=16 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=289–290 |language=no |author-link=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>

On 11 June 2021, the national government approved a resolution to add a co-equal, official [[Sami language]] name for the municipality: {{lang|se|Evenášši}}.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-11 |title=Fastsettelse av samisk navn på Evenes kommune, Nordland |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LTII/forskrift/2021-06-11-1884 |access-date=2023-11-19 |publisher=LovData.no |language=no}}</ref> The spelling of the Sami language name changes depending on how it is used. It is called {{lang|se|Evenášši}} when it is spelled alone, but it is {{lang|se|Evenášši suohkan}} when using the Sami language equivalent to "Evenes municipality".<ref name="sami name">{{Cite web |title=Stadnamn og rettskriving |url=https://www.kartverket.no/til-lands/stadnamn/stadnamn-og-offisielle-sprak-i-noreg |access-date=2023-11-19 |publisher=[[Kartverket]] |language=no}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 12 January 1990. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Gules]], a wheel [[argent]]"'' ({{langx|no|I rødt et sølv hjul}}). This means the arms have a red [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a [[wagon]] [[wheel]]. The wheel has a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[argent]] which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The wheel was chosen as a symbol for Evenes as a center of communication and transportation for the region. The arms were designed by Per Hartvigsen after the idea by Aina Heidal from Evenes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Evenes |access-date=2023-01-31 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Evenes, Nordland (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-18-53.html |access-date=2023-01-31 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1990-01-12 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1990-01-12-36 |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 Evenes Municipality. It is part of the [[Ofoten prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Evenes'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="2"|Evenes||[[Evenes Church]]||[[Evenes (village)|Evenes]]||1800
|-
|[[Bogen Chapel (Evenes)|Bogen Chapel]]||[[Bogen, Evenes|Bogen]]||1920
|}