Editing Austevoll (section)

==General information==
[[File:Northern Austevoll.JPG|thumb|left|Aerial view of northern Austevoll]]
[[File:Sildajento.JPG|thumb|left|Sildajento]]
The municipality of Austevoll was established on 1 January 1886 when it was separated from the municipality of [[Sund, Norway|Sund]]. The initial population for the new municipality of Austevoll was 2,396.<ref name="Dag" />

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1964, the southern part of the islands of [[Selbjørn]] and [[Huftarøy]] (population: 696) was transferred from [[Fitjar Municipality]] to Austevoll. This put the whole Austevoll archipelago in the municipality of Austevoll.<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 (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old ''[[Austevollshella|Austevoll]]'' farm ({{langx|non|Austrvǫllr}}) since the first [[Austevoll Church]] was built there. The farm is now part of the village of [[Austevollshella]]. The first element is {{wikt-lang|non|austr}} which means "east". The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|vǫllr}} which means "[[meadow]]" or "field". The municipality has changed the spelling of its name three times.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ud5LAQAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Søndre Bergenhus amt |date=1910 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=11 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=251–252 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref> Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Østervold'' or ''Østevold''. In 1889, the spelling was changed to ''Austevold''. On 3 November 1917, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Austevoll''.<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 30 November 1984. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]], four herrings [[argent]] [[in bend]] 1-2-1"'' ({{langx|no|På blå bunn fire kvite silder på skrå oppover, 1-2-1}}). This means the arms have a blue [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a set of four [[herring]] swimming diagonally up to the left. The charg 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 [[Swarm|shoal]] of [[herring]] was chosen for the arms since herring fishing is a very important part of the local economy. The arms were designed by John Digernes. 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=Austevoll |access-date=2023-05-22 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Austevoll, Hordaland (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-12-44.html |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1984-11-30 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1984-11-30-1933 |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref>

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has one parish ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Austevoll. It is part of the [[Fana prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Bjørgvin]].

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Austevoll'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="5"|Austevoll||[[Austevoll Church]]||[[Storebø]]||1890
|-
|[[Bekkjarvik Church]]||[[Bekkjarvik]]||1895
|-
|[[Hundvåkøy Church]]||[[Austevollshella]]||1990
|-
|[[Møkster Church]]||[[Stolmen]]||1892
|-
|[[Store-Kalsøy Chapel]]||[[Bakkasund]]||1975
|}