Editing Gloppen (section)

==General information==
[[File:Sandane.JPG|thumb|left|[[Sandane]]]]
[[File:Vereide.jpg|thumb|left|[[Vereide Church]]]]
Gloppen was established as a [[List of municipalities of Norway|municipality]] on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). The original municipality was identical to the Gloppen [[Church of Norway|parish]] ''([[prestegjeld]])'' including the sub-parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) of [[Gimmestad]], [[Breim]], and [[Vereide]]. On 1 January 1886, the sub-parish of Breim (population: 1,823) was separated from Gloppen to form its own municipality. This left Gloppen with 2,970 residents.<ref name="Dag">{{Cite book |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |publisher=[[Statistics Norway|Statistisk sentralbyrå]] |year=1999 |isbn=9788253746845 |language=no}}</ref>

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1964, the municipality of Breim (population: 1,731) was merged back into the municipality of Gloppen. After the merger, the population of Gloppen was 5,702. On 1 January 1965, the [[Randabygda|Hoplandsgrenda]] area (population: 42) of Gloppen municipality (on the northern shore of the Nordfjorden) was transferred to neighboring [[Stryn Municipality]]. On 1 January 1992, the [[Lote, Norway|Lote]] area of Gloppen (also on the north side of the Nordfjorden) was transferred to [[Eid Municipality (Sogn og Fjordane)|Eid Municipality]]. This left all of Gloppen located south of the Nordfjorden.<ref name="Dag" />

On 1 January 2020, the municipality became part of the newly created [[Vestland]] county after [[Sogn og Fjordane]] and [[Hordaland]] counties were merged.

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the local [[Gloppefjorden]] ({{langx|non|Gloppi}}) since it is one of the central geographical features of the municipality. The name is probably derived from the word {{wikt-lang|non|gloppa}} which means "narrow opening" or "mountain gorge".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lN1LAQAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Bergenhus amt |date=1919 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=12 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=455 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 19 December 1986. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]], a horse passant [[argent]]"'' ({{langx|no|På blå grunn ein gåande sølv hest}}). This means the arms have a blue [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a [[fjord horse]]. The horse 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 design depicts the Norwegian fjord horse which is a relatively small, but very strong, horse breed from the mountainous regions of Western Norway. The arms were designed by Petter Eide. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 April 2023 |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Gloppen |access-date=2023-05-12 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Gloppen, Sogn og Fjordane (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-14-45.html |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1986-12-19 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1986-12-19-2305 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref> {{See also-text|Coats of arms of [[Coat of arms of Eid|Eid]], [[Coat of arms of Levanger|Levanger]], [[Coat of arms of Lyngen|Lyngen]], [[Coat of arms of Nord-Fron|Nord-Fron]], [[Coat of arms of Skedsmo|Skedsmo]], and [[Coat of arms of Ski|Ski]]}}

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has four parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Gloppen. It is part of the [[Nordfjord prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Bjørgvin]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Gloppen'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|Breim||[[Breim Church]]||[[Re, Sogn og Fjordane|Re]]||1886
|-
|rowspan="2"|Gimmestad||[[Gimmestad Church]]||[[Sørstranda, Sogn og Fjordane|Sørstranda]]||1910
|-
|[[Old Gimmestad Church]]||[[Sørstranda, Sogn og Fjordane|Sørstranda]]||1690
|-
|Hyen||[[Hyen Church]]||[[Straume, Sogn og Fjordane|Straume]]||1876
|-
|rowspan="2"|Vereide||[[Sandane Church]]||[[Sandane]]||1997
|-
|[[Vereide Church]]||[[Vereide]]||12th century
|}