Editing Nordreisa Municipality (section)

==General information==
The municipality of Nordreisa was established on 1 January 1886 when [[Skjervøy Municipality]] was divided in two. The southern part of Skjervøy (population: 1,057) was separated to form the new municipality. On 1 January 1890, the Trætten and Loppevolden farms (population: 32) were transferred to Nordreisa from Skjervøy. The parts of Skjervøy lying on the mainland (population: 1,556) were transferred from Skjervøy to Nordreisa on 1 January 1972. On 1 January 1982, the southern part of the island of [[Uløya]] (population: 128) was transferred from Skjervøy to Nordreisa.<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>

On 1 January 2020, the municipality became part of the newly formed [[Troms og Finnmark]] county. Previously, it had been part of the old [[Troms]] county.<ref name="snl5">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Troms og Finnmark |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |publisher=[[Kunnskapsforlaget]] |url=https://snl.no/Troms_og_Finnmark |access-date=2019-12-26 |date=2019-12-24 |editor-last=Mæhlum |editor-first=Lars |language=no}}</ref> On 1 January 2024, the [[Troms og Finnmark]] county was divided and the municipality once again became part of [[Troms]] county.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-05 |title=Fylkesinndelingen fra 2024 |url=https://www.regjeringen.no/no/tema/kommuner-og-regioner/kommunestruktur/fylkesinndelingen-fra-2024/id2922222/ |publisher=Regjeringen.no |language=no}}</ref>

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the local [[Reisafjorden (Nordreisa)|Reisafjorden]] ({{langx|non|Reisa}}). The fjord was named after the river [[Reisaelva]] which flows into the fjord. The river name is derived from the verb {{wikt-lang|non|rísa}} which means "to raise" (referring to [[flood]]ing). The prefix {{wikt-lang|no|nord}} (meaning "northern") was added to the name to distinguish the municipality from the nearby [[Sørreisa Municipality]] to the south.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=py5MAQAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Tromsø amt |date=1911 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=17 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=185 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref> Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Nordreisen''. On 6 January 1908, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Nordreisa''.<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> In 2017, the municipality adopted co-equal, trilingual names for the municipality: {{native name|no|Nordreisa}}, {{native name|se|Ráisa}}, and {{native name|fkv|Raisi}}, and the government of Norway approved these in 2018.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-04-27 |title=Samisk og kvensk navn på Nordreisa |url=https://www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnmark/samisk-og-kvensk-navn-pa-nordreisa-1.14026939 |work=NRK Troms og Finnmark |language=no}}</ref> The spelling of the Sami and Kven language names change depending on how they are used. In Sami, it is called {{lang|se|Ráisa}} when it is spelled alone, but it is {{lang|se|Ráissa suohkan}} when using the Sami language equivalent to "Nordreisa Municipality". In Kven, it is called {{lang|fkv|Raisi}} when it is spelled alone, but it is {{lang|se|Raisin komuuni}} when using the Kven language equivalent to "Nordreisa Municipality".{{r|name}}<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 21 December 1984. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Vert (heraldry)|Vert]], two salmon [[haurient]] [[argent]] [[addorsed]]"'' ({{langx|no|I grønt to adosserte sølv lakser}}). This means the arms have a green [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is two [[salmon]]. The salmon have a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[argent]] which means they are commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The salmon was chosen to be on the arms because the local [[Reisaelva]] river is one of Norway's best salmon fishing rivers. 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=Nordreisa |access-date=2023-01-28 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nordreisa, Troms (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-19-42.html |access-date=2023-01-28 |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/1984-12-21-2196 |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref> {{see also-text|the coats of arms for: [[Grane Municipality#Coat of arms|Grane]], [[Coat of arms of Kvalsund|Kvalsund]] and [[Coat of arms of Mandal|Mandal]]}}

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

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Nordreisa'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="2"|Nordreisa||[[Nordreisa Church]]||[[Storslett]]||1856
|-
|[[Rotsund Chapel]]||[[Rotsund]]||1932
|}