Editing Meråker Municipality (section)

==General information==
The municipality of Meråker was established on 1 January 1874 when the old [[Øvre Stjørdalen Municipality]] was divided into two: [[Hegra Municipality]] (population: 3,409) in the east and Meråker Municipality (population: 1,861) in the west. The municipal borders have not changed since then.<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> On 1 January 2018, the municipality switched from the old [[Nord-Trøndelag]] county to the new [[Trøndelag]] county.

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old ''Meråker'' farm (spelled "Mørakre" around 1430) since the first [[Meråker Church]] was built there. The meaning of the first element is uncertain (maybe {{wikt-lang|non|merr}} which means "[[mare]]" or {{wikt-lang|non|mýrr}} which means "[[bog]]" or "[[marsh]]"). The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|akr}} which means "[[field (agriculture)|field]]" or "[[acre]]".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_kFFxvxaufcC |title=Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Trondhjems amt |date=1903 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=15 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=2 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref> Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Meraker''. On 3 November 1917, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Meraaker''.<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 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 ''Meraaker'' with the [[digraph (orthography)|digraph]] "[[Aa (digraph)|aa]]", and after this reform, the name was spelled ''Meråker'', using the letter [[å]] was 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 28 September 1990. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Gules]], a cart [[argent]]"'' ({{langx|no|I rødt en sølv vogn}}). This means the arms have a red [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a [[minecart|mining cart]]. The mining cart 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. This design was chosen to symbolize the fact that [[mining]] has traditionally played a major role in the area and has been of great economic importance for Meråker. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Meråker |access-date=2023-02-15 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Meråker, Nord-Trøndelag (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-17-11.html |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1990-12-09 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1990-09-28-821 |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref> {{See also|Coat of arms of Evje og Hornnes}}

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has one parish ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within Meråker Municipality. It is part of the [[Stjørdal prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Nidaros]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Meråker'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="3"|Meråker||[[Meråker Church]]||[[Midtbygda, Trøndelag|Midtbygda]]||1874
|-
|[[Kopperå Chapel]]||[[Kopperå]]||1936
|-
|[[Stordalen Chapel]]||[[Stordalsvollen]]||1863
|}