Editing Fosnes Municipality (section)

==General information==
[[File:Mjøsund.jpg|thumb|left|View of Mjosund]]
Fosnes was established as a municipality in the old [[Nord-Trøndelag]] county on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). On 1 January 1871, the western district of Fosnes Municipality (population: 1,472) was separated to form the new [[Flatanger Municipality]]. This left Fosnes Municipality with 2,655 residents. On 1 January 1889, a small area of Fosnes Municipality (population: 61) was transferred to the neighboring [[Vikna Municipality|Vikten Municipality]]. Then on 1 January 1913, the western part of Fosnes Municipality (population: 1,631) was separated to form the new [[Otterøy Municipality]].  This left the much smaller Fosnes Municipality with 1,107 residents.<ref name="Dag">{{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 |isbn=9788253746845}}</ref>

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1964, the Finnanger area of Fosnes Municipality on the northern part of the island of [[Otterøya]] (population: 116) was transferred to [[Namsos Municipality]].<ref name="Dag" />  

In 2018, it became part of the new [[Trøndelag]] county which replaced the old [[Nord-Trøndelag]] county. On 1 January 2020, Fosnes Municipality became a part of the neighboring [[Namsos Municipality]]. This happened because on 16 June 2016 Fosnes Municipality, [[Namsos Municipality]], and [[Namdalseid Municipality]] voted to merge into a new, larger municipality as part of a large municipal reform across Norway.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Om nye Namsos |url=http://www.nyenamsos.no/om-nye-namsos.406853.no.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023033445/http://www.nyenamsos.no/om-nye-namsos.406853.no.html |archive-date=2020-10-23 |access-date=2017-09-25 |publisher=NyeNamsos.no |language=no}}</ref>

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[parish]]) is named after the old ''Fosnes'' farm ({{langx|non|Fólgsnnes}}), since the first Fosnes Church was built there ([[Fosnes Chapel]] is now located on the site). The first element is ''fólgsn'' which means "hiding place", referring to an [[inlet]] behind the farm, where ships could not be seen from the main [[fjord]]. The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|nes}} which means "[[headland]]". Historically, the name was spelled ''Fosnæs''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |author-link=Oluf Rygh |url=http://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/navnegransking/rygh_ng/rygh_bla.prl?enhid=250852&avid=55645 |title=Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Trondhjems amt |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |year=1903 |edition=15 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=336 |language=no}}</ref><ref name="snl">{{Cite web |last=Store norske leksikon |author-link=Store norske leksikon |title=Fosnes |url=http://snl.no/Fosnes |access-date=2011-09-23 |language=no}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 13 November 1992 and it was in use until 1 January 2020 when the municipality was merged into Namsos. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Or (heraldry)|Or]], a rowlock [[Sable (heraldry)|sable]]"'' ({{langx|no|I gull en svart åregaffel}}). This means the arms have a [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) that 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 [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a [[oarlock]] from a rowing boat. The design was chosen to symbolize the importance of the sea for this coastal municipality where rowing boats were the main form of transportation in the former centuries. The arms were designed by Even Jarl Skoglund.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Fosnes |access-date=2023-02-06 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Fosnes, Nord-Trøndelag (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-17-48.html |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1993-01-09 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LFO/forskrift/1992-11-13-834 |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref>

The first proposal for a coat of arms for Fosnes date back to 1989 when the municipal council launched a contest to develop a coat of arms. Several proposals were received, but none of them were acceptable to the council nor were they acceptable to the [[Norwegian Heraldry Society]] which determined the proposals were not made according to heraldic rules. Finally the Society proposed the current coat of arms, which was acceptable to the municipal council.
{{see also|Coat of arms of Radøy|Coat of arms of Tjøme}}

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] had one parish ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within Fosnes Municipality. It was part of the [[Namdal prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Nidaros]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Fosnes '''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="3"|Fosnes||[[Dun Church]]||[[Dun, Norway|Dun]]||1949
|-
|[[Fosnes Chapel]]||Fosnesvågen on [[Jøa]]||1926
|-
|[[Salen Chapel]]||[[Salsnes]]||1953
|}