Editing Verdal Municipality (section)

==General information==
[[File:Noorwegen_155_(9306398958).jpg|thumb|left|220px|Flowers forming the coat of arms]]
[[File:Olav der Heilige06.jpg|thumb|left|220px|The painting of Olaf II's death at the [[Battle of Stiklestad]] (dated from the first half of the [[14th century]]), which inspired the municipal coat of arms.]]
The municipality of ''Værdalen'' was established on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). It is one of very few municipalities in Norway with unchanged borders since that date, although the spelling of the name was modified to ''Verdal''.<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 2018, the municipality switched from the old [[Nord-Trøndelag]] county to the new [[Trøndelag]] county.

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the Verdalen valley ({{langx|non|Veradalr}}). The first element is the [[genitive case]] of the river name {{lang|non|Ver}} (now called [[Verdalselva]]). The meaning of the river name is probably "the quiet one". 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=_kFFxvxaufcC |title=Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Trondhjems amt |date=1903 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=15 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=117 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref> Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Værdalen''. On 3 November 1917, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Verdal'', 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 15 December 1972. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Gules]], a cross [[cleché]] [[Or (heraldry)|Or]]"'' ({{langx|no|På rød bunn et gull kors, utbøyd og tilspisset}}). This means the arms have a red [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a cross with a [[cleché]] design. The cross 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 design is based on a cross shown in a large painting in the [[Nidaros Cathedral]] in [[Trondheim]], in which the death of [[Olaf II of Norway|King Olav Haraldsson]] (Saint Olaf) is shown. He died in the [[Battle of Stiklestad]], the site of which is in Verdal municipality. In the painting, he holds a shield with this cross design. To commemorate the battle, the cross was taken as arms for the municipality. The arms were designed by [[Hallvard Trætteberg]]. 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=Verdal |access-date=2023-02-18 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-17-21.html |access-date=2023-02-18 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1972-12-15 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1972-12-15-11 |access-date=2023-02-18 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref>

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has four parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within Verdal Municipality. It is part of the [[Sør-Innherad prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Nidaros]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Verdal'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="2"|Stiklestad||[[Stiklestad Church]]||[[Stiklestad]]||1180
|-
|[[Verdalsøra Chapel]]||[[Verdalsøra]]||1969
|-
|Vera||[[Vera Chapel]]||[[Vera, Norway|Vera]]||1899
|-
|Vinne||[[Vinne Church]]||[[Vinne]]||1817
|-
|Vuku||[[Vuku Church]]||[[Vuku]]||1655
|}