Editing Røros Municipality (section)

==General information==
The [[prestegjeld|parish]] of Røros was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). On 1 January 1875, an unpopulated area of the neighbouring [[Ålen Municipality]] was transferred to Røros Municipality. On 1 January 1926, Røros Municipality was divided into four separate municipalities: [[Røros landsogn]] (population: 701) in the south and west, [[Brekken Municipality]] (population: 1,098) in the east, and [[Glåmos Municipality]] (population: 983) in the north. The remaining part of Røros, mostly areas surrounding and including the [[Røros (town)|town of Røros]] (population: 2,284) remained as a much smaller Røros 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>

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1964, Røros Municipality (population: 3,063) was merged with its three neighbors: [[Glåmos Municipality]] (population: 700), [[Brekken Municipality]] (population: 964), and [[Røros landsogn]] (population: 482) to recreate the large Røros Municipality that existed prior to 1926. On 21 April 1989, an unpopulated part of Røros Municipality was transferred to the neighbouring [[Holtålen Municipality]].<ref name="Dag" />

On 1 January 2018, the municipality switched from the old [[Sør-Trøndelag]] county to the new [[Trøndelag]] county.

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]] and town) is named after the old ''[[Røros (town)|Røros]]'' farm ({{langx|non|Røyðaróss}}) since this was the site of the [[Røros (town)|mining town of Røros]]. The first element comes from the local river name [[Røa (river)|Røa]]  ({{lang|non|Røyðr}}) which has an unknown meaning. The last element comes from {{wikt-lang|non|óss}} which means "mouth of a river" (the small river Røa runs into the great river [[Glåma]] here).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |author-link=Oluf Rygh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AGxBAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Søndre Trondhjems amt |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |year=1901 |edition=14 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=199 |language=no}}</ref>

On 9 September 2022, the national government approved a resolution to add a co-equal, official [[Sami language]] name for the municipality: {{lang|sma|Rosse}}.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-09 |title=Fastsettelse av Rossen tjïelte som samisk navn på Røros kommune |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LTII/forskrift/2022-09-09-1554 |access-date=2023-11-21 |publisher=LovData.no |language=no}}</ref> The spelling of the Sami language name changes depending on how it is used. It is called {{lang|sma|Rosse}} when it is spelled alone, but it is {{lang|sma|Rossen tjïelte}} when using the Sami language equivalent to "Røros municipality".<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=2023-11-21 |publisher=[[Kartverket]] |language=no}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 29 October 1992. The [[blazon]] is ''"[[Gules]], a [[venus symbol]] over a crossed hammer and chisel [[Or (heraldry)|Or]]"'' ({{langx|no|I rødt, en gull kobber (venus-symbol) over korslagt bergjarn og feisel}}). This means the arms have a red [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a venus symbol over a crossed hammer and chisel. The charge has a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[Or (heraldry)|Or]] which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The design symbolizes the [[copper mining]] industry in Røros. The venus symbol is the old symbol for [[copper]], which was heavily mined in Røros for centuries. The arms were designed by Sverre Ødegaard. 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=Røros |access-date=2023-02-17 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Røros kommune, våpen |url=https://foto.digitalarkivet.no/fotoweb/archives/5003-Kommunev%C3%A5pen/Kart%20og%20tegninger%20og%20segl/he10081205030918.tif.info#c=%2Ffotoweb%2Farchives%2F5003-Kommunev%25C3%25A5pen%2F%3Fq%3Dr%25C3%25B8ros |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=Digitalarkivet |publisher=Arkivverket |language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kommunevåpenet på Røros |url=http://www.bergstaden.org/no/hjem/kort-informasjon-om-roros/kommunevapenet-pa-roros |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=Bergstaden.org |language=no}}</ref>

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has four parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within Røros Municipality. It is part of the [[Gauldal prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Nidaros]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Røros'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="2"|Røros||[[Røros Church]]||[[Røros (town)|Røros]]||1784
|-
|[[Røros Chapel]]||[[Røros (town)|Røros]]||1962
|-
|Brekken||[[Brekken Church]]||[[Brekken]]||1878
|-
|Glåmos||[[Glåmos Church]]||[[Glåmos]]||1926
|-
|Hitterdalen||[[Hitterdal Chapel]]||[[Hitterdalen]]||1959
|}