Editing Stranda Municipality (section)

==General information==
The [[prestegjeld|parish]] of ''Stranden'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see {{Lang|no|[[formannskapsdistrikt]]}} law). On 1 January 1892, the northern district of the municipality (population: 850) was separated to form the new [[Stordal Municipality]]. This left Stranda Municipality with 1,459 residents. The spelling was changed to ''Stranda'' in 1918.<ref name="Dag">{{Cite book |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |publisher=[[Statistics Norway|Statistisk sentralbyrå]] |year=1999 |isbn=9788253746845 |language=no}}</ref>

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1965, [[Sunnylven Municipality]] (population: 1,221) was merged into Stranda Municipality (population: 3,453), forming a new, larger Stranda Municipality.<ref name="Dag" />

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named ''Stranda'' ({{langx|non|Strǫnd}}) after a portion of the beach area along the [[Storfjorden (Sunnmøre)|Storfjorden]]. The name comes from the word {{wikt-lang|non|strǫnd}}, which means '[[beach]]' or 'strand'.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=691LAQAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Romsdals amt |date=1908 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=13 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=126 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref> Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Stranden''. On 3 November 1917, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Stranda''.<ref>{{Cite journal |year=1917 |title=Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1917. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2015102381014_001 |journal=[[Norsk Lovtidend]] |language=no |location=Kristiania, Norge |publisher=Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri |pages=1057–1065}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 2 May 1986. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Or (heraldry)|Or]], two [[Pile (heraldry)|piles]] azure issuant from [[dexter and sinister]]"'' ({{langx|no|På gull grunn to spisse blå flankar}}). This means the arms have a [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) 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 [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is two blue [[Pile (heraldry)|piles]] (triangles) extending from the left and right sides, but not quite meeting in the middle. The colors and design were chosen to symbolize the [[fjord]]s and mountains hovering over the beach since the fjord is a central feature of the municipality for transportation, production, and tourism. The arms were designed by Jarle Skuseth after a proposal by Tor Torheim. 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=Stranda |access-date=2023-04-15 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Stranda, Møre og Romsdal (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-15-25.html |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1986-05-09 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1986-05-09-1043 |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref>

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has four parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within Stranda Municipality. It is part of the [[Nordre Sunnmøre prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Møre]].
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Stranda'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|Stranda||[[Stranda Church]]||[[Stranda, Møre og Romsdal|Stranda]]||1838
|-
|Liabygda||[[Liabygda Church]]||[[Liabygda]]||1917
|-
|Sunnylven||[[Sunnylven Church]]||[[Hellesylt]]||1859
|-
|Geiranger||[[Geiranger Church]]||[[Geiranger]]||1842
|}