Editing Namsskogan Municipality (section)

==General information==
[[File:Nordnorge.jpg|thumb|left|210px|[[European route E6|E6]] enters [[Northern Norway|Nord-Norge]] at the northern end of Namsskogan]]
[[File:Nams-Inn.jpg|thumb|left|210px|"Nams-Inn" is a small [[hotel]] in Namsskogan.]]
The municipality of Namsskogan was established on 1 July 1923 when it was separated from the large [[Grong Municipality]]. Initially, the population of Namsskogan Municipality was 469. The municipal boundaries have not changed since.<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 is named Namsskogan, a name which was created in 1923. The first element is {{lang|no|Nams-}} which comes from the name of the river [[Namsen]] and the last element is the [[plural]] form of {{lang|no|skog}} which means "[[woodland|woods]]". Therefore, the meaning of the name is "the woodlands around Namsen". The river name has an uncertain origin. The first part of the river name comes from the [[Old Norse]] word {{lang|non|Nauma}}) which has an unknown meaning, but it may come from the word {{lang|no|naust}} which means "boat". The second part of the river name {{lang|no|-sen}} ({{langx|non|sær}}) which means "sea".<ref name="snla">{{Cite web |last=Store norske leksikon |author-link=Store norske leksikon |title=Namsos |url=http://snl.no/Namsos |access-date=2011-08-24 |language=no}}</ref><ref name="snlb">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Namsen |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |publisher=[[Kunnskapsforlaget]] |url=https://snl.no/Namsen |date=2021-04-09 |editor-last=Rosvold |editor-first=Knut A. |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2023-02-15}}</ref><ref name="snl">{{Cite web |last=Store norske leksikon |author-link=Store norske leksikon |title=Namsskogan |url=http://snl.no/Namsskogan |access-date=2011-09-16 |language=no}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 21 December 1984. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Sable (heraldry)|Sable]], moose antlers [[Or (heraldry)|Or]]"'' ({{langx|no|I svart et gull elggevir}}). This means the arms have a black [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a set of [[moose]] [[antlers]]. The antlers have a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[Or (heraldry)|Or]] which means the design is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The design was chosen to symbolize the heavily [[forest]]ed municipality where one can find many moose. The arms are based on a very large antler, with a rare golden color, which hangs on the municipal hall. The arms were designed by Nora Stommyrbakken and Einar H. Skjervold. 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=Namsskogan |access-date=2023-02-15 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Namsskogan, Nord-Trøndelag (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-17-40.html |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1984-12-21 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1984-12-21-2195 |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref> {{see also-text|Coats of arms of [[Coat of arms of Aremark|Aremark]], [[Coat of arms of Namsos|Namsos]], [[Coat of arms of Ringsaker|Ringsaker]], and [[Coat of arms of Tynset|Tynset]]}}

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

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Namsskogan'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="3"|Namsskogan||[[Trones Church]]||[[Trones, Namsskogan|Trones]]||1832
|-
|[[Bjørhusdal Church]]||[[Namsskogan (village)|Namsskogan]]||1970
|-
|[[Skorovatn Chapel]]||[[Skorovatn]]||1965
|}