Sørreisa
| Sørreisa kommune Ráisavuona suohkan |
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| Coordinates: 69°5′31″N 18°11′37″E / 69.09194°N 18.19361°ECoordinates: 69°5′31″N 18°11′37″E / 69.09194°N 18.19361°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Troms | ||
| District | Midt-Troms | ||
| Administrative centre | Sørreisa | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor (2003) | Knut H. Olsen (H) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 362.89 km2 (140.1 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 347.94 km2 (134.3 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 14.95 km2 (5.8 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 253 in Norway | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • Total | 3,366 | ||
| • Rank | 252 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 9.7/km2 (25.1/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | 2.2 % | ||
| Demonym | Sørreisværing[1] | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1925 | ||
| Official language form | Neutral | ||
| Website | www.sorreisa.kommune.no | ||
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Sørreisa (Northern Sami: Orjješ-Ráisa) is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sørreisa.
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[edit] General information
The municipality of Sørreisen was established on 1 September 1886 when it was separated from the municipality of Tranøy. The initial population of Sørreisen was 1,361. Later the spelling was changed to Sørreisa. On 1 January 1964, the part of Sørreisa on the island of Senja (population: 129) was transferred to the municipality of Lenvik.[2]
[edit] Name
The municipality is named after the Reisafjorden (originally Reisa), which again is named after the Reisaelva (the "Reisa river" - originally Reisa). The river name is derived from the verb rísa which means "raise" (referring to flooding). The first element Sør was added to distinguish the municipality from Nordreisa. The municipality was originally named Sørreisen.[3]
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 7 September 1984. The arms show three gold stars on a red background. It was derived from the oldest known seal in the municipality, a 17th century seal of Jacob Hansen Kinapel, who was a police sergeant in Sørreisa from 1715 to 1748.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/nb-no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskrivning_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn/.
- ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf.
- ^ Rygh, Oluf (1911) (in Norwegian). Norske gaardnavne: Troms amt (17 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 62. http://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/navnegransking/rygh_ng/rygh_bla.prl?enhid=271925&avid=60251.
- ^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/s/sorreisa.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
[edit] External links
Media related to Sørreisa at Wikimedia Commons
The Wiktionary entry for sørreisa- Troms travel guide from Wikitravel
- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
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