Editing Hattfjelldal Municipality (section)

==General information==
The municipality of Hattfjelldal was established in 1862 when it was separated from the large [[Vefsn Municipality]]. The initial population of Hattfjelldal Municipality was 961. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1964, the part of Hattfjelldal on the north side of the lake [[Røsvatnet]] (population: 168) was transferred to the neighboring [[Hemnes Municipality]].<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>

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old ''Hattfjelldalen'' farm (referred to as "Hatfieldalen" in 1723) where the first [[Hattfjelldal Church]] was built. The first element of the name comes from the local mountain [[Hattfjellet]] which has a hat-like shape. The mountain name is derived from the [[genitive case]] of the word {{wikt-lang|non|hǫttr}} which means "[[hat]]" and the word {{wikt-lang|non|fjall}} which means "[[mountain]]". The last element of the name is the definite form of the word {{wikt-lang|non|dalr}} which means "[[valley]]" or "dale". Thus it is the "hat-shaped mountain valley".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |author-link=Oluf Rygh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K21BAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Nordlands amt |date=1905 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrykkeri |edition=16 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=86 |language=no}}</ref> Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Hatfjelddalen''. On 6 January 1908, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Hatfjelldalen'' (removing one "d").<ref>{{Cite journal |year=1908 |title=Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1908. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2015110481021_001 |journal=[[Norsk Lovtidend]] |language=no |location=Kristiania, Norge |publisher=Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri |page=24}}</ref> On 3 November 1917, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Hatfjelldal'' (removing the [[Definite article|definite form]] ending).<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=Kristiania, Norge |publisher=Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri |pages=1057–1065}}</ref> On 29 January 1926, the spelling was changed again, this time by adding a "t" to make it ''Hattfjelldal''.<ref>{{Cite journal |year=1926 |title=Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1926. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2015102381032_001 |journal=[[Norsk Lovtidend]] |language=no |location=Oslo, Norway |publisher=Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri |page=51}}</ref>

On 14 June 2019, the national government approved a resolution to add a co-equal, official [[Southern Sami language]] name for the municipality: {{lang|sma|Aarborte}}.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-14 |title=Fastsettelse av samisk navn på Hattfjelldal kommune, Nordland |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LTII/forskrift/2019-06-14-722 |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|sma|Aarborte}} when it is spelled alone, but it is {{lang|sma|Aarborten tjїelte}} when using the Sami language equivalent to "Hattfjelldal 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 24 October 1986. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Per fess]] [[argent]] and [[Vert (heraldry)|vert]] [[embattled (heraldry)|embattled]] with one battlement"'' ({{langx|no|Delt av sølv og grønt ved tindesnitt med en enkelt tinde}}). This means the arms have a [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) that is divided by a horizontal [[Line (heraldry)|line]] that has a rectangular raised area. The field above the line 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. Below the line, the field is colored green. The arms were designed to mimic the local Hattfjellet mountain which rises above the terrain and can be seen for great distances. The mountain has steep sides with a rather flat plateau at the top, giving it a distinctive look. The design is a [[canting arms|canting element]] since the name of the municipality means "hat mountain valley". 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=Hattfjelldal |access-date=2023-02-02 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hattfjelldal, Nordland (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-18-26.html |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1986-11-14 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1986-11-14-2101 |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref>

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

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Hattfjelldal'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="3"|Hattfjelldal||[[Hattfjelldal Church]]||[[Hattfjelldal (village)|Hattfjelldal]]||1868
|-
|[[Susendal Church]]||[[Svenskvollen]]||2001
|-
|[[Varntresk Church]]||[[Varntresk]]||1986
|}