Editing Flakstad Municipality (section)

==General information==
[[File:Trolig Flakstad krk.JPG|thumb|left|Flakstad church]]
[[File:Skagsanden.JPG|thumb|left|Skagsanden beach, Flakstad]]
[[File:Nusfjord6.jpg|thumb|left|Nusfjord is a small harbor with traditional ''rorbus''.]]
The municipality of Flakstad was established on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). On 1 July 1916, the southern part of the municipality (population: 1,306) was separated to form the new [[Moskenes Municipality]]. This left Flakstad with 1,667 residents.

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1964, Flakstad Municipality (population: 2,067) was merged into the neighboring [[Moskenes Municipality]] (population: 2,001), creating a new, larger Moskenes Municipality. This merger, however, only lasted for twelve years. On 1 January 1976, the merger was undone with Moskenes Municipality (population: 1,705) and Flakstad Municipality (population: 2,007) becoming separate municipalities once again.<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===
[[File:Flakstad.jpg|thumb|290x290px|Flakstad|left]]
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old ''[[Flakstad (village)|Flakstad]]'' farm ({{langx|non|Flakstaðir}} or {{lang|non|Flatarstaðir}}) since the first [[Flakstad Church]] was built there. The first element of the name is uncertain. It may come from the word {{lang|non|flak}} which may have meant "reckless". Another option is that it derived from the word {{lang|non|flag}} which meant "rock wall", possibly referring to the large cliff near the church site. The last element is the [[plural form]] of {{wikt-lang|non|staðr}} which means "homestead", "abode", or "farm".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |author-link=Oluf Rygh |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 |page=347 |language=no}}</ref><ref name="snl">{{Cite web |last=Store norske leksikon |author-link=Store norske leksikon |title=Flakstad |url=http://snl.no/Flakstad |access-date=2012-06-17 |language=no}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 14 July 1989. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]], a mooring bollard [[argent]]"'' ({{langx|no|I blått en sølv tørnbolt}}). This means the arms have a blue [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a [[mooring]] [[bollard]] which is a type of fixed device used for tying a [[hawser]] line from a boat to the dock. The mooring bollard 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 blue color in the field symbolizes the importance of the sea and the mooring bollard was chosen to represent the municipality's seafaring history. The arms were designed by Jorunn Thomassen and Jarle Henriksen.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Flakstad |access-date=2023-01-31 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Flakstad, Nordland |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-18-59.html |access-date=2023-01-31 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1989-09-09 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1989-07-14-636 |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 Flakstad Municipality. It is part of the [[Lofoten prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Flakstad'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="1"|Flakstad||[[Flakstad Church]]||[[Flakstad (village)|Flakstad]]||1780
|}