Editing Gildeskål Municipality (section)

==General information==
[[File:Sørfugløy.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Fugløya, Gildeskål|Fugløya]] ('Bird Island')]]
[[File:Gildeskaal Old Church.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The 900-year-old [[Old Gildeskål Church]]]]
The municipality of ''Gildeskaal'' (later spelled ''Gildeskål'') was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). In 1853, the eastern (inland) district of Gildeskaal Municipality (population: about 1,150) was separated to become the new [[Beiarn Municipality]]. This left Gildeskaal Municipality with about 2,400 residents. The municipal boundaries have not changed since.<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 ''Gildeskaal'' farm ({{langx|non|Gildaskáli}}) since the first [[Old Gildeskål Church|Gildeskål Church]] was built there. The first element is the [[plural]] [[genitive case]] of {{wikt-lang|non|gildi}} which means "feast" or "[[banquet]]". The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|skáli}} which means "[[hall]]".<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=182 |language=no}}</ref> On 21 December 1917, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] enacted the [[Norwegian language conflict|1917 Norwegian language reforms]]. Prior to this change, the name was spelled ''Gildeskaal'' with the [[digraph (orthography)|digraph]] "[[Aa (digraph)|aa]]", and after this reform, the name was spelled ''Gildeskål'', using the letter [[å]] instead.<ref>{{Cite journal |year=1917 |title=Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1917. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2015102381014_001 |journal=[[Norsk Lovtidend]] |language=no |location=Oslo, Norway |publisher=Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri |page=1000}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.nb.no/items/7c810cb2510e5454433266c698b8808e |title=Den Nye rettskrivning : regler og ordlister |publisher=Den Mallingske Boktrykkeri |year=1918 |location=Kristiania, Norge |language=no}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 12 February 1988. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]], a chalice [[argent]]"'' ({{langx|no|I blått en sølv kalk}}). This means the arms have a blue [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a [[chalice]]. The chalice 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 arms are [[canting arms|canting]] since the meaning of the municipal name ''Gildeskål'' refers to a banquet hall (or [[guildhall]]) which, of course, is a place where one might drink from a chalice. The arms were designed by Arvid Sveen.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Gildeskål |access-date=2023-01-31 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Gildeskål, Nordland |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-18-38.html |access-date=2023-01-31 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1988-02-12 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1988-02-12-196 |access-date=2023-01-31 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref> {{See also-text|[[Coat of arms of Jevnaker]]}}

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

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Gildeskål'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="6"|Gildeskål||[[Gildeskål Church]]||[[Inndyr]]||1881
|-
|[[Old Gildeskål Church]]||[[Inndyr]]||12th century
|-
|[[Saura Church]]||[[Saura, Norway|Saura]]||1884
|-
|[[Mevik Chapel]]||[[Mevik]]||1910
|-
|[[Nordstranda Chapel]]||[[Lekanger]]||1963
|-
|[[Sørfjorden Chapel]]||[[Sørfinnset]]||1957
|}