Sørreisa
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Sørreisa kommune Ráisavuona suohkan |
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 Sørreisa within Troms |
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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 | ||
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| • Mayor (2011) | Paul Dahlø (Ap) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 362.95 km2 (140.14 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 346.94 km2 (133.95 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 16.01 km2 (6.18 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 253 in Norway | ||
| Population (2012) | |||
| • Total | 3,381 | ||
| • Rank | 252 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 9.7/km2 (25/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | 2.5 % | ||
| Demonym(s) | Sørreisværing | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1925 | ||
| Official language form | Neutral | ||
| Website | www |
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Sørreisa (Northern Sami: Ráisavuona suohkan) is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sørreisa. Other villages include Grunnreisa, Skøelva, and Smørsgård.
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 across the Reisafjorden on the island of Senja (population: 129) was transferred to the municipality of Lenvik.
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 ("south") was added to distinguish the municipality from Nordreisa. The municipality was originally named Sørreisen.
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.
The Church of Norway has one parish (sokn) within the municipality of Sørreisa. It is part of the Indre Troms deanery in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland.
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