Editing Sørreisa Municipality (section)

==General information==
The municipality of ''Sørreisen'' was established on 1 September 1886 when the large [[Tranøy Municipality]] was divided into three: Tranøy Municipality (population: 1,239) in the west, [[Dyrøy Municipality]] (population: 1,281) in the south, and Sørreisen Municipality (population: 1,361) in the east. Later, the spelling was changed to ''Sørreisa''. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1964, the part of Sørreisa Municipality across the [[Reisafjorden (Sørreisa)|Reisafjorden]] on the [[Senja (island)|island of Senja]] (population: 129) was transferred to [[Lenvik Municipality]].<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|sør}} (meaning "southern") was added to the name to distinguish the municipality from the nearby [[Nordreisa Municipality]] to the north.<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=62 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=185 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref> Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Sørreisen''. On 6 January 1908, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Sørreisa''.<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>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 7 September 1984. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Gules]], three six-pointed [[Mullet (heraldry)|mullets]] [[Or (heraldry)|Or]]"'' ({{langx|no|I rødt 3 seksoddete gull stjerner, to over en}}). This means the arms have a red [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is three six-pointed stars. Each star 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 arms were designed by Ottar Jarl Myrvang. The design was inspired by the oldest seal preserved from Sørreisa. The seal belonged to the local politician Jacob Hansen Kinapel who was a policeman in Sørreisa from 1715 to 1748. His heptagonal 18th century seal shows his initials IHSK around three stars, an eight-pointed star in the centre over two six-pointed stars.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Sørreisa |access-date=2023-01-28 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sørreisa, Troms (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-19-25.html |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1984-11-03 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1984-09-07-1694 |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref>

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

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Sørreisa'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="3"|Sørreisa||[[Sørreisa Church]]||[[Tømmervika]]||1992
|-
|[[Skøelv Chapel]]||[[Skøelva]]||1966
|-
|[[Straumen Chapel]]||[[Sørreisa (village)|Sørreisa]]||1973
|}