Troms
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Troms (help·info) or Romsa (Sami leid) is a coonty in North Norawa, borderin Finnmark tae the northeast an Nordland in the soothwast. To the sooth is Norrbotten Län in Swaden an further sootheast is a shorter border wi the region o Lapland in Finland. Tae the wast is the Norse Sea (Atlantic Ocean). The entire coonty, which wis established in 1866, is locatit north o the Airctic circle.
Troms fylke Romssa fylka | |
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 Coat airms | |
 Troms athin Norawa | |
| Kintra | Norawa |
| Coonty | Troms |
| Region | Nord-Norge |
| Coonty ID | NO-19 |
| Offeecial leid form | Neutral |
| Demonym | Tromsværing |
| Admeenistrative centre | Tromsø |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | Svein Ludvigsen Høyre (2006–present) |
| • Coonty mayor | Terje Olsen Høyre (2007–present) |
| Area (#4 in Norawa, 8.18% o Norawa's land aurie) | |
| • Total | 25877 km2 (9,991 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 24884 km2 (9,608 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 155,061 |
| • Density | 6/km2 (20/sq mi) |
| • Chynge (10 years) | 2.0 % |
| • Rank in Norawa | 15 (3.33% of country) |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02 (CEST) |
| Income (per caipita) | 133,300 NOK |
| GDP (per caipita) | 211,955 NOK (2001) |
| Naitional Rank: | 15 (2.11% o kintra) |
| Website | www.tromsfylke.no |
Name
Until 1919 the coonty wis umwhile kent as Tromsø amt. On 1 Julie 2006, the Northren Sami name for the coonty, Romsa, wis grantit offeecial status alang wi Troms.[1]
The coonty (an the ceety o Tromsø) is namit efter the island Tromsøya on which it is locatit (Auld Norse Trums). Several theories exist as tae the etymology o Troms. Ane theory haulds "Troms-" tae derive frae the auld (uncompundit) name o the island (Auld Norse: Trums). Several islands an rivers in Norawa hae the name Tromsa, an the names o these are probably derivit frae the wird straumr which means "(strang) stream". (The oreeginal form must then hae been Strums, for the missin s see Indo-European s-mobile.) Anither theory haulds that Tromsøya wis oreeginally cried Lille Tromsøya (Little Tromsøya), acause o its proximity tae the hintle bigger island the day cried Kvaløya, that accordin tae this theory wis earlier cried "Store Tromsøya" due tae a characteristic muntain kent as Tromma (the Drum). The muntain's name in Sámi, Rumbbučohkka, is identical in meanin, an it is said tae hae been a sacred muntain for the Sámi in pre-Christian times.
The Sámi name o the island, Romsa, is assumit tae be a loan frae Norse - but accordin tae the phonetical rules o the Sami leid the frontal t haes disappeared frae the name. Housomeivver, an alternative form - Tromsa - is in informal uise. There is a theory that haulds the Norse name o Tromsø derives frae the Sámi name, though this theory lacks an explanation for the meanin o Romsa. A common misunnerstaundin is that Tromsø's Sámi name is Romssa wi a double "s". This, housomeivver, is the accusative an genitive form o the noun uised when, for example, writin "Tromsø Municipality" (Romssa Suohkan).
Coat o airms
The coat o airms o Troms wis made bi Hallvard Trætteberg (1898–1987), an adoptit bi ryal resolution on 15 Januar 1960. The offeecial blazon in Norse ("På rød bunn en gull griff") translates tae "On a field Gules a griffin [segreant] Or."[2] Trætteberg chose tae hae the griffin as chairge acause that animal wis the seembol o the mighty clan o Bjarne Erlingsson on Bjarkøy in the 13t century.[3]
The Kven residents o Troms are lairgely descendants o Finnish immigrants who arrivit in the aurie afore the 19t century frae Finland acause o war an faimin. They settled mainly in the northeastren pairt o Troms, in the municipalities o Kvænangen, Nordreisa, Skjervøy, Gáivuotna - Kåfjord an Storfjord, an some an aw reached Balsfjord an Lyngen.
Troms coonty currently haes a total o 25 municipalities:
| Municipalities o Troms | ||
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| Key |  | |
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- Hålogalandsallmenningen
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