Editing Engerdal (section)

==General information==
[[File:Engerdal parts at formation.png|thumb|left|210px|Creation of Engerdal municipality in 1911. Orange and yellow came from [[Tolga, Norway|Tolga]] (orange was from Tolga parish and yellow was from [[Os, Innlandet|Os]] parish), green came from [[Øvre Rendal]], blue came from [[Ytre Rendal]], and purple came from [[Trysil]]]]
The new municipality of Engerdal was established on 1 January 1911. This new municipality was created by taking some of the land from the following existing municipalities:
*{{convert|750|km2}} of southeastern [[Tolga, Norway|Tolga]] municipality (population: 201)
*{{convert|330|km2}} of eastern [[Ytre Rendal]] municipality (population: 311)
*{{convert|692|km2}} of eastern [[Øvre Rendal]] municipality (population: 381)
*{{convert|168|km2}} of northern [[Trysil]] municipality (population: 291)
The borders of the municipality have not changed since its creation.<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>

===Name===
The municipality was named {{lang|no|Engerdal}}, after a local valley. The first element of the name comes from the local river {{lang|no|Engeråa}} which flows through the valley. The river name is derived from the name of the lake [[Engeren]], and this is probably derived from the [[Old Norse]] word {{wikt-lang|non|ǫngr}} which means "narrow". The last element of the municipal name comes from the word {{wikt-lang|non|dalr}} which means "[[valley]]" or "dale".<ref name="snl" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SZMOAAAAYAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Hedmarkens amt |date=1900 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=3 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=367 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref> Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Engerdalen''. On 3 November 1917, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Engerdal'', 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 8 February 1991. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Vert (heraldry)|Vert]], a horse collar [[Or (heraldry)|Or]]"'' ({{langx|no|I grønt et gull bogtre}}). This means the arms have a green [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a [[horse harness]] (the [[Horse collar|hames]]). The charge 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 symbolize the ties between [[horse]] and man and at the same time the connection between work and recreation. The arms were designed by Arvid Sveen. 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=Engerdal |access-date=2023-04-28 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Engerdal, Hedmark (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-04-34.html |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1991-04-15 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1991-02-08-98 |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref> 

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has five parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Engerdal. It is part of the [[Sør-Østerdal prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Hamar]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Engerdal'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="1"|Drevsjø||[[Drevsjø Church]]||[[Drevsjø]]||1848
|-
|rowspan="1"|Elgå||[[Elgå Church]]||[[Elgå]]||1946
|-
|rowspan="1"|Engerdal||[[Engerdal Church]]||[[Engerdal (village)|Engerdal]]||1873
|-
|rowspan="1"|Sømådal||[[Sømådal Church]]||[[Sømådal]]||1937
|-
|rowspan="1"|Søre Elvdal||[[Søre Elvdal Church]]||[[Nymoen]]||1885
|}