Editing Moskenes Municipality (section)

==History==
The municipality was established on 1 July 1916 when the southern part of [[Flakstad Municipality]] was separated to become Moskenes. Initially, Moskenes had a population of 1,306.

On 1 January 1964, the Flakstad Municipality and Moskenes Municipality were reunited, as a new, larger Moskenes Municipality. Prior to the merger, Moskenes had 2,001 residents and the new municipality of Moskenes had 4,068 residents. This new municipality did not last long because on 1 January 1976, [[Flakstad Municipality]] broke away again to once again form a separate municipality. This left Moskenes with 1,705 residents.<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 ''Moskenes'' farm (historically spelled "Muskenes" in 1567) since the first [[Moskenes Church]] was built there. The first element is likely an old name for the island. It may have been derived from the word {{lang|non|mosk}} or {{lang|non|musk}}which means "[[sea spray]]" . The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|nes}} which means "[[headland]]".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |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=345 |language=no |author-link=Oluf Rygh}}</ref> {{see also|Moskenstraumen}}

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 12 September 1986. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]], a gurge [[argent]]"'' ({{langx|no|I blått en sølv spiral}}). This means the arms have a blue [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a [[vortex]] [[spiral]]. The spiral 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 blue color in the field and the spiral were chosen to represent vortexes or [[whirlpool]]s, such as the [[Moskenstraumen]], which appear in the channel just south of the island of [[Moskenesøya]] when the tide comes in, making it a hazardous channel. 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=Moskenes |access-date=2023-02-03 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Moskenes, Nordland |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-18-74.html |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1986-09-12 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1986-09-12-1841 |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref>