Editing Namdalseid Municipality (section)

==General information==
The [[prestegjeld|parish]] of Namdalseid was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law), but it was short-lived. On 1 January 1846, it was merged into the neighboring [[Beitstad Municipality]]. On 1 January 1904, the Namdalseid district (population: 1,368) was separated from [[Beitstad Municipality]] to form a municipality of its own (once again). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1964, the parts of the neighboring [[Otterøy Municipality]] that were located south of the [[Namsenfjorden]] (population: 571) were transferred to Namdalseid 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>

On 1 January 2018, the municipality switched from the old [[Nord-Trøndelag]] county to the new [[Trøndelag]] county. On 1 January 2020, the neighboring [[Fosnes Municipality]], [[Namsos Municipality]], and Namdalseid Municipality were merged to form a new, larger [[Namsos Municipality]]. This occurred because on 16 June 2016, the three municipalities voted to merge as part of a large municipal reform across Norway.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Om nye Namsos |url=http://www.nyenamsos.no/om-nye-namsos.406853.no.html |access-date=2017-09-25 |publisher=NyeNamsos.no |language=no}}</ref>

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named ''Namdalseid''. This name originally comes from the old ''Elda'' farm ({{langx|non|Eldueið}} or commonly shortened to {{lang|non|Eið}}) since the first [[Namdalseid Church|Eid Stave Church]] was built there. The first element is {{lang|non|eldu}} which is the name of the local river. The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|eið}} which means "path/road between two waters" (here the [[Beitstadfjorden]] and [[Namsenfjorden]])". The [[Viking]]s used to drag boats across Namdalseid using the [[river]]s and [[waterway]]s in the area, to get from one [[fjord]] to another without having to risk crossing the treacherous [[Folda, Trøndelag|Folda fjord]] by travelling up the sheltered [[Trondheimsfjord]] and continuing north along the coast. The passage was much easier in olden times as the [[sea level]] was higher and the waterways more numerous, but as recently as 2004 a boatdrag was done to commemorate the old traditions. Nowadays, however, one has to transport the boats by road for a fairly long stretch. Around the year 1550, the prefix {{lang|no|Namdals-}} was added to the name to distinguish it from other places using the common name ''Eid''. The prefix is the [[genitive case]] of the old region name [[Namdalen]].<ref name="snl">{{Cite web |last=Store norske leksikon |author-link=Store norske leksikon |title=Namdalseid – kommune i Nord-Trøndelag |url=http://snl.no/Namdalseid/kommune_i_Nord-Tr%C3%B8ndelag |access-date=2011-08-15 |language=no}}</ref><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=247 and 256 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref> Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Namdalseidet''. On 3 November 1917, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Namdalseid'', removing the [[Definite article|definite form]] ending ''-et''.<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>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 8 December 1989 and they were in use until 1 January 2020 when the municipality was dissolved. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Per pale]] [[Line (heraldry)|trefly-counter-trefly]] [[argent]] and [[Vert (heraldry)|vert]]"'' ({{langx|no|Kløvd av sølv og grønt ved kløverbladsnitt}}). This means the arms have a [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) that is divided vertically by a line that follows a [[trefoil]]/[[clover]] design that alternates on either side of the line. The background on the left side of 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. The background on the right side has a tincture of green. The [[clover]] leaf shapes and the colors were chosen to symbolize the [[agriculture]], landscapes, and nature within the municipality. Namdalseid was a farming municipality with mainly grass production. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.<ref name="snl" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Namdalseid |access-date=2023-02-15 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Namdalseid, Nord-Trøndelag (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-17-25.html |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1989-12-08 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LFO/forskrift/1989-12-08-1208 |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref> 

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] had two parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within Namdalseid Municipality. It is part of the [[Nord-Innherad prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Nidaros]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Namdalseid'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|Namdalseid||[[Namdalseid Church]]||[[Namdalseid (village)|Namdalseid]]||1858
|-
|Statland||[[Statland Church]]||[[Statland]]||1992
|}