Editing Sunndal Municipality (section)

==General information==
[[File:Giklingdalshytta 1991.jpg|thumb|left|Giklingdalshytta in Innerdalen]]
The [[prestegjeld|parish]] of Sunndal was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). In 1854, the northern part of the municipality (population: 1,291) was separated to form the new [[Øksendal Municipality]]. This left 2,188 residents in Sunndal Municipality.<ref name="Dag" />

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1960, the neighboring [[Ålvundeid Municipality]] (population: 513) and [[Øksendal Municipality]] (population: 497) were merged with Sunndal Municipality (population: 5,851) to form a new, larger Sunndal Municipality. Both Ålvundeid Municipality and Øksendal Municipality were historically part of the municipality before 1854. Then, on 1 January 1965, the [[Ålvund]]-[[Ålvundfjorden]] area of the neighboring [[Stangvik Municipality]] (population: 508) was transferred into Sunndal Municipality.<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>

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the Sunndalen valley ({{langx|non|Sunndalr}}). The first element is {{lang|non|sunnr}} or {{wikt-lang|non|suðr}} which mean "southern". The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|dalr}} which means "[[valley]]" or "dale".<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=388 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref> Historically, the name was spelled ''Sunddalen'' (or ''Sunndalen''). In 1870, the spelling was changed to ''Sundalen''. On 3 November 1917, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Sunndal'', adding an "n" and removing the [[Definite article|definite form]] ending ''-en''.<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 12 April 1983. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Vert (heraldry)|Vert]], a wormwood plant [[argent]]"'' ({{langx|no|I grønt en sølv malurt}}). This means the arms have a green [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a Norwegian wormwood (''[[Artemisia (genus)|Artemisia]] norvegica'') plant. The plant 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 was chosen in a competition for the municipal arms. This design was chosen since this plant species is only found in a few places in the world. It has its main [[Europe]]an distribution in Sunndal Municipality and neighboring [[Oppdal Municipality]] in the [[Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park]] and in [[Trollheimen]] landscape protection area. Small populations are also found in [[Ryfylke]], [[Scotland]], and the [[Ural Mountains]], with another subspecies in the mountains of [[Northern America]]. This plant can be found in abundance in many places in the mountains of Sunndal well above [[tree line]]. The arms were designed by Svein Thuen Rasmussen. 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=Sunndal |access-date=2023-04-13 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sunndal, Møre og Romsdal (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-15-63.html |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1984-01-20 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1983-11-25-1733 |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kommunevåpen Sunndal |url=http://www.sunndal.kommune.no/artikkel.aspx?AId=831&back=1&MId1=21&MId2=459 |access-date=2008-10-19 |publisher=Sunndal Kommune |language=no}}</ref>

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

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Sunndal'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|Hov||[[Hov Church]]||[[Sunndalsøra]]||1887
|-
|rowspan="2"|Romfo||[[Romfo Church]]||[[Romfo]]||1821
|-
|[[Gjøra Chapel]]||[[Gjøra]]||1935
|-
|Øksendal||[[Øksendal Church]]||[[Øksendal (village)|Øksendal]]||1894
|-
|Ålvundeid||[[Ålvundeid Church]]||[[Ålvundeidet]]||1848
|}