Editing Verran Municipality (section)

==General information==
The municipality of Verran was established on 1 January 1901 when the old [[Mosvik og Verran Municipality]] was divided into two new municipalities: [[Mosvik Municipality]] (population: 969) and Verran Municipality (population: 1,456). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1964, [[Malm Municipality]] (population: 2,975) and Verran Municipality (population: 1,803) were merged to form a new, larger Verran Municipality. After the merger, there were 4,778 residents in Verran Municipality. On 1 January 1968, the [[Framverran]] area on the south side of the [[Verrasundet]] fjord (population: 395) was transferred from Verran Municipality to the neighboring [[Mosvik Municipality]].<ref name="Dag">{{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 |isbn=9788253746845}}</ref>

On 1 January 2018, the municipality switched from the old [[Nord-Trøndelag]] county to the new [[Trøndelag]] county.

On 1 January 2020, Verran Municipality was dissolved. Most of the municipality was merged with the neighboring [[Steinkjer Municipality]] to form a new, larger [[Steinkjer Municipality]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bakgrunn |url=http://nyesteinkjer.no/bakgrunn.421501.no.html |access-date=2017-10-02 |publisher=NyeSteinkjer.no |language=no}}</ref> The remaining [[Verrabotn]] area in the southwestern part of Verran Municipality was merged with the neighboring [[Indre Fosen Municipality]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-07-03 |title=Fylkesmannens tilrådning av grensejustering Verrabotn-Verran og IndreFosen kommune |url=https://www.fylkesmannen.no/contentassets/4c0d56b9f9c2474eab37bd25df9e7075/brev-kmd-verrabotn-pdf.pdf |access-date=2019-03-05 |publisher=Fylkesmannen i Trøndelag}}</ref>

===Name===
The municipality is named after the [[Verrasundet]] [[fjord]] ({{langx|non|Veri}}), which is an arm of the great [[Trondheimsfjord]].  The meaning of the old name is probably "the quiet one" or "the fjord with still water".<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=168 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref> {{See also2|the name of [[Verdal Municipality#Name|Verdal]]}}

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 11 September 1987 and it was in use until 1 January 2020 when the municipality was dissolved. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]], a boat with raised square sail and topsail [[argent]]"'' ({{langx|no|I blått en sølv båt med råseil og toppseil}}). This means the arms have a blue [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a ''Verranjekt'' (boat) with a raised [[square sail]] and [[topsail]]. The boat 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 to symbolize the historical importance of boating and boatbuilding for the area. The {{lang|no|Verranjekt}} (literally translated as "a [[yacht]] from Verran") is a type of boat has been built in Verran for centuries. The arms were designed by Rolf Tidemann. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms. After the merger of Verran and [[Steinkjer]] municipalities on 1 January 2020, these arms were adopted to represent the new Steinkjer municipality.<ref name="kv">{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Verran |access-date=2023-02-18 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Verran, Nord-Trøndelag (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-17-24.html |access-date=2023-02-18 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref>

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] had two parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within Verran Municipality. It was part of the [[Nord-Innherad prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Nidaros]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Verran'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="2"|Malm||[[Malm Church]]||[[Malm]]||1885
|-
|[[Sela Church]]||[[Sela, Trøndelag|Sela]]||1997
|-
|rowspan="2"|Verran||[[Fines Church]]||[[Verrabotn]]||1913
|-
|[[Follafoss Church]]||[[Follafoss]]||1954
|}