Editing Notodden (section)

==General information==
[[File:Rjukan-Notodden_Industrial_Heritage_Site.jpg|thumb|left|Industrial heritage in Notodden]]
On 1 January 1913, the newly-designated [[kjøpstad]] (town) of [[Notodden (town)|Notodden]] (population: 4,821) was separated from [[Heddal|Heddal Municipality]] to form a separate self-governing town as an [[enclave]] within Heddal Municipality. This left Heddal with 2,890 residents. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1964, Heddal Municipality was dissolved and the following areas were merged to form a new, larger Notodden Municipality:<ref name="Dag">{{Cite book |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>
*most of [[Gransherad|Gransherad Municipality]] (population: 1,115) – except for the upper [[Jondalen]] valley which became part of [[Kongsberg Municipality]]
*all of [[Heddal|Heddal Municipality]] (population: 4,844)
*the [[Rudsgrendi]] area of [[Hovin, Telemark|Hovin Municipality]] (population: 21)
*the [[Notodden (town)|town of Notodden]] (population: 7,523)

===Name===
The municipality (originally the town) is named after a small  [[Cotter (farmer)|cotter]]'s farmstead ({{lang|no|husmannsplass}}) located on the old ''Tinne'' farm since this was the original site of the town (near the mouth of the river [[Tinnelva]] at the lake [[Heddalsvatnet]]). The first element is derived from the word {{wikt-lang|non|nót}} which means "to [[Seine fishing|fish using a seine]]". The last element is the definite singular form of {{wikt-lang|no|odde}} which means "[[headland]]". Thus it is a "headland for net fishing".<ref name="snl">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Notodden |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |publisher=[[Kunnskapsforlaget]] |url=https://snl.no/Notodden |date=2023-08-15 |editor-last=Nilsen |editor-first=Jan Erik |language=no |editor2-last=Lundbo |editor2-first=Sten |editor3-last=Selland |editor3-first=Svein-Gunnar |accessdate=2023-08-27}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 11 August 1939. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]], a [[Pale (heraldry)|pale]] wavy and four lightning bolts [[saltire|in saltire]] [[argent]]"'' ({{langx|no|På blå bunn en loddrett sølvelv som sender lynstråler av sølv til begge sider}}). This means the arms have a blue [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a wavy vertical bar and four [[lightning]] bolts emanating from the centre and making an X-shape. The charge 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 design symbolizes that Notodden was created by the exploitation of [[Hydroelectricity|hydroelectric power]] on the river [[Tinnelva]] when [[Norsk Hydro]] started its operations with saltpeter production and power development in 1905. The vertical bar represents the Tinnfoss [[waterfall]] along the river and the lightning bolts represent electricity. The arms were designed by Jens Høibø. 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=Notodden |access-date=2023-08-27 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Notodden kommune, våpen |url=https://foto.digitalarkivet.no/fotoweb/archives/5003-Kommunev%C3%A5pen/Kart%20og%20tegninger%20og%20segl/he10071208070196.tif.info#c=%2Ffotoweb%2Farchives%2F5003-Kommunev%25C3%25A5pen%2F%3Fq%3Dnotodden |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=Digitalarkivet |publisher=Arkivverket |language=no}}</ref>

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has four parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Notodden. It is part of the [[Øvre Telemark prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Agder og Telemark]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''Churches in Notodden'''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="1"|Gransherad||[[Gransherad Church]]||[[Gransherad]]||1849
|-
|rowspan="1"|Heddal||[[Heddal Stave Church]]||[[Heddal]]||1200s
|-
|rowspan="1"|Lisleherad||[[Lisleherad Church]]||[[Landsverk, Norway|Landsverk]]||1873
|-
|rowspan="1"|Notodden||[[Notodden Church]]||[[Notodden (town)|Notodden]]||1938
|}