Editing Tranøy Municipality (section)

==General information==
The [[prestegjeld|parish]] of Tranøy was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). The original municipality included all the land surrounding the large [[Solbergfjorden]]. On 1 September 1886, the municipality was divided into three separate municipalities: Tranøy Municipality (population: 1,239) on the west, [[Dyrøy Municipality]] (population: 1,281) in the south, and [[Sørreisa Municipality]] (population: 1,361) in the east.<ref name="Dag" />

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1964 several changes took place:<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>
*The mainland areas of Tranøy (population: 382) were transferred to [[Dyrøy Municipality]].
*The Hellemo, Paulsrud, Johnsgård, and Stormo farms of Tranøy (population: 106) were transferred to [[Lenvik Municipality]].
*The parts of [[Bjarkøy Municipality]] on the [[Senja (island)|island of Senja]] and Lemmingsvær islands (population: 480) were transferred to Tranøy Municipality.
*The Rødsand area of [[Torsken Municipality]] (population: 160) was also transferred to Tranøy Municipality.

In March 2017, the [[Parliament of Norway]] voted to merge [[Berg Municipality (Troms)|Berg Municipality]], [[Torsken Municipality]], [[Lenvik Municipality]], and Tranøy Municipality. The new municipality would encompass the whole [[Senja (island)|island of Senja]] plus part of the mainland located between the [[Gisundet]] strait and the [[Malangen (fjord)|Malangen fjord]]. On 1 January 2020, Tranøy Municipality ceased to exist when it became part of the new [[Senja Municipality]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Senja kommune 2020 |url=http://senja2020.no/ |access-date=2017-09-09 |language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Vermes |first=Thomas |date=2017-03-29 |title=Stortingsflertallet gjør fire Senja-kommuner til én |url=https://www.abcnyheter.no/nyheter/politikk/2017/03/29/195291385/stortingsflertallet-gjor-fire-senja-kommuner-til-en |access-date=2017-09-09 |work=ABC Nyheter |language=no}}</ref>

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the small [[island]] of [[Tranøya (Tranøy)|Tranøya]] ({{langx|non|Tranøiar}}) since the first [[Tranøy Church]] was built there. The first element is {{wikt-lang|non|trana}} which means "[[common crane|crane]]". The last element is {{wikt-lang|no|øy}} which means "[[island]]".<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=17 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=67 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref> Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Tranø''. On 6 January 1908, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Tranøy'', to give the name a more [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] and less [[Danish language|Danish]] spelling due to [[Norwegian language conflict|Norwegian language reforms]].<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 15 May 1987. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Argent]], a flounder [[embowed|embowed reversed]] [[Sable (heraldry)|sable]]"'' ({{langx|no|I sølv en krummet svart kveite}}). This means the arms have a [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) that 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 [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is an [[Atlantic halibut]] ''(Hippoglossus hippoglossus)'' that is curved like a U-shaped arch facing upwards. The fish is a main species of local fish, which symbolizes the importance of [[fishing]] for the local community. In addition to this, the fish has played a major role in local [[legend]]s, similar to the role of [[bear]]s in land-based legends. The arms were designed by Svein A. Berntsen.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Tranøy |access-date=2023-01-29 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tranøy, Troms (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-19-27.html |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1987-05-15 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LFO/forskrift/1987-05-15-436 |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref>

===Churches===
[[File:Tranoey.jpg|thumb|left|View of [[Tranøy Church]]]]
The [[Church of Norway]] had one parish ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within Tranøy Municipality. It was part of the [[Senja prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Tranøy'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="4"|Tranøy||[[Stonglandet Church]]||[[Stonglandseidet]]||1896
|-
|[[Tranøy Church]]||[[Tranøya (Troms)|Tranøya]]||1775
|-
|[[Skrolsvik Chapel]]||[[Skrollsvika]]||1924
|-
|[[Vangsvik Chapel]]||[[Vangsvik]]||1975
|}