Editing Leksvik Municipality (section)

==General information==
[[File:Bjornaa 1small.jpg|thumb|left|190px|View of the Bjørnåa river and falls]]
The [[prestegjeld|parish]] of Leksvik was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). During its entire existence, it was one of the few municipalities in Norway that did not have any changes to its borders.<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, Leksvik Municipality merged with the neighboring [[Rissa Municipality]] to form the newly created [[Indre Fosen Municipality]] and at the same time, it became part of the newly merged [[Trøndelag]] county.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Om Indre Fosen |url=http://www.indrefosenkommune.no/om-indre-fosen/ |access-date=2017-10-01 |publisher=Indre Fosen kommune |language=Norwegian}}</ref>

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old ''[[Leksvik (village)|Leksvik]]'' farm ({{langx|non|Lexuvík}}) since the first [[Leksvik Church]] was built there. The first element is {{lang|non|Lexa}} which is the [[genitive case]] of a river name. The name of the river is possibly derived from the word {{wikt-lang|non|lax}} which means "[[salmon]]". The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|vík}} which means "[[inlet]]".<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=48 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref> Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Leksvigen'' or ''Leksviken''. On 3 November 1917, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Leksvik'', 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 28 September 1990 and they were in use until 1 January 2018 when the municipality was dissolved (the same arms were re-adopted for the new [[Indre Fosen]] Municipality after the merger of Leksvik and [[Rissa Municipality]] on that date). The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Per chevron]] [[embowed]] [[Azure (heraldry)|azure]] and [[argent]] point ending in [[Trefoil (heraldry)|trefoil]]"'' ({{langx|no|I blått en innbøyd sølv spiss som ender i et kløverblad}}). This means the arms have a [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) that is [[division of the field|divided by a line]] in the shape of a [[Chevron (insignia)|chevron]] with curved sides that meet at a point. A [[Trefoil (heraldry)|trefoil]] is located on top of this point. The background above the line is blue and the background below this line 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 blue part represents the [[Trondheimsfjord]] and the white/silver part represents the land, particularly the Amborneset peninsula where King [[Sverre of Norway|Sverre Sigurdsson]] fought his last sea battle on 8 June 1198. There is a [[clover]]/trefoil design at the end of the silver part which represents life and growth. The arms were designed by Einar H. Skjærvold.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Leksvik |access-date=2023-02-12 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Leksvik, Nord-Trøndelag (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-17-18.html |access-date=2023-02-12 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1990-12-09 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1990-09-28-820 |access-date=2023-02-12 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref>

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] had one parish ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within Leksvik Municipality. It was part of the [[Fosen prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Nidaros]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Leksvik'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|Leksvik||[[Leksvik Church]]||[[Leksvik (village)|Leksvik]]||1670
|-
|Stranda||[[Stranda Church (Leksvik)|Stranda Church]]||[[Vanvikan]]||1897
|}