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

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.

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).

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
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

• Hålogalandsallmenningen

• Visitnorway.com Troms Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
• Troms touring association

Coordinates: 69°20′00″N 9°19′00″E / 69.3333°N 9.31667°E / 69.3333; 9.31667