Editing Surnadal Municipality (section)

==General information==
The [[prestegjeld|parish]] of Surnadal was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). In 1858, the eastern district of the municipality (population: 2,684) was separated to form the new [[Rindal Municipality]]. This left Surnadal Municipality with 3,105 residents. On 1 January 1877, part of [[Stangvik Municipality]] (population: 50) was transferred to Surnadal Municipality. In 1879, part of Surnadal Municipality (population: 83) was transferred to the neighboring Stangvik Municipality. On 1 January 1886, the Møklegjerdet farm (population: 29), just west of the village of [[Glærem]], was transferred from Stangvik Municipality to Surnadal Municipality. On 1 January 1897, the Sjøflot farm (population: 27) was also transferred from Stangvik Municipality to Surnadal 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>

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1965, all of [[Åsskard Municipality]] (population: 1,014) and most of [[Stangvik Municipality]] (population: 1,386) were merged with Surnadal Municipality (population: 3,534) to create a new, larger Surnadal Municipality with a total population of 5,934.<ref name="Dag" />

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the Surnadalen valley ({{langx|non|Súrnardalr}}). The first element is the [[genitive case]] of the river name [[Surna (Norway)|Surna]]. The meaning of the river name is unknown. 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=410 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref> Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Surendalen''. On 3 November 1917, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Surnadal''.<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 27 October 1989. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Vert (heraldry)|Vert]], two [[Bend (heraldry)|bends]] [[Engrailed (heraldry)|engrailed]] above and [[invected]] below [[argent]]"'' ({{langx|no|På grøn grunn ein skråstilt sølv tvillingstreng laga med taggesnitt}}). This means the arms have a green [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is two [[Bend (heraldry)|bends]] that have wavy edges. 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 wavy lines represent the many rivers and streams in the municipality, the most notable one being the [[Surna (Norway)|Surna]]. The arms were designed by Even Jarle Skoglund. 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=Surnadal |access-date=2023-04-13 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Surnadal, Møre og Romsdal |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-15-66.html |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1989-12-07 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1989-10-27-1075 |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref><ref name="snl" />

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has five parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within Surnadal 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 Surnadal'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|Mo||[[Mo Church (Møre og Romsdal)|Mo Church]]||[[Moen, Møre og Romsdal|Moen]]||1728
|-
|Stangvik||[[Stangvik Church]]||[[Stangvik]]||1896
|-
|Todalen||[[Todalen Church]]||[[Todalsøra]]||1861
|-
|rowspan="2"|Øye og Ranes||[[Ranes Church]]||Ranes||1869
|-
|[[Øye Church]]||[[Skei, Møre og Romsdal|Skei]]||1871
|-
|Åsskard||[[Åsskard Church]]||[[Åsskard]]||1876
|}