Troms

Troms fylke Romssa fylka
Coonty
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)	133,300NOK
GDP(per caipita)	211,955NOK(2001)
Naitional Rank:	15 (2.11% o kintra)
Website	www.tromsfylke.no
Data frae Statistics Norway

TromsorRomsa(Sami leid) is acoontyinNorth Norawa,borderinFinnmarktae the northeast anNordlandin the soothwast. To the sooth isNorrbotten LäninSwadenan further sootheast is a shorter border wi theregionoLaplandinFinland.Tae the wast is theNorse Sea(Atlantic Ocean). The entire coonty, which wis established in 1866, is locatit north o theAirctic circle.

General information

Name

Until 1919 the coonty wis umwhile kent asTromsø amt.On 1 Julie 2006, the Northren Sami name for the coonty,Romsa,wis grantit offeecial status alang wi Troms.

The coonty (an the ceety oTromsø) is namit efter the islandTromsøyaon which it is locatit (Auld NorseTrums). Several theories exist as tae theetymologyo 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 nameTromsa,an the names o these are probably derivit frae the wirdstraumrwhich means "(strang) stream". (The oreeginal form must then hae beenStrums,for the missinsseeIndo-European s-mobile.) Anither theory haulds that Tromsøya wis oreeginally criedLille Tromsøya(Little Tromsøya), acause o its proximity tae the hintle bigger island the day criedKvaløya,that accordin tae this theory wis earlier cried "Store Tromsøya" due tae a characteristic muntain kent asTromma(the Drum). The muntain's name inSámi,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 frontalthaes 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 oRomsa.A common misunnerstaundin is that Tromsø's Sámi name isRomssawi a double "s". This, housomeivver, is the accusative angenitive formo the noun uised when, for example, writin "Tromsø Municipality" (Romssa Suohkan).

Coat o airms

Thecoat o airmso Troms wis made bi Hallvard Trætteberg (1898–1987), an adoptit bi ryal resolution on 15 Januar 1960. The offeecialblazonin Norse ( "På rød bunn en gull griff" ) translates tae "On a field Gules agriffin[segreant]Or."Trætteberg chose tae hae the griffin aschairgeacause that animal wis the seembol o the mightyclano Bjarne Erlingsson onBjarkøyin the 13t century.

Demographics

TheKvenresidents oTromsare lairgely descendants oFinnishimmigrants who arrivit in the aurie afore the 19t century fraeFinlandacause o war anfaimin.They settled mainly in the northeastren pairt o Troms, in the municipalities oKvænangen,Nordreisa,Skjervøy,Gáivuotna - KåfjordanStorfjord,an some an aw reachedBalsfjordanLyngen.

Municipalities

Troms coonty currently haes a total o 25 municipalities:

Municipalities o Troms
Key
Balsfjord Bardu Berg Bjarkøy Dyrøy Gratangen Harstad Ibestad Gáivuotna - Kåfjord Karlsøy Kvæfjord Kvænangen Lavangen	Lenvik Lyngen Målselv Nordreisa Salangen Skånland Skjervøy Sørreisa Storfjord Torsken Tranøy Tromsø

See an aw

• Hålogalandsallmenningen

Freemit airtins

• Visitnorway.com TromsArchived2007-09-28 at theWayback Machine
• Troms touring association