Editing Eigersund (section)

==General information==
[[File:Flyfotoegk.jpg|thumb|left|Aerial view of a golf course in Eigersund]]
[[File:Brücke01.jpg|thumb|left|Historic stone bridge]]
[[File:Egersund Kirke.JPG|thumb|left|[[Egersund Church]]]]
[[File:Eigeroy lighthouse.jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[Eigerøy Lighthouse]]]]
The rural [[prestegjeld|parish]] surrounding the town of [[Egersund]] was established as the municipality of ''Egersund landdisstrikt'' (Egersund rural district) on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). In 1839, the northwestern district of [[Ogna Municipality|Augne]] (population: 825) was separated to form its own municipality. On 12 December 1868, a small area of Eigersund municipality (population: 41) was transferred to neighboring [[Sokndal Municipality]]. In 1947, an area of Eigersund immediately surrounding the town of [[Egersund]] (population: 515) was transferred to the town of Egersund and another area in Sokndal (population: 7) was transferred to Eigersund.<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>

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers in Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1965, the town of [[Egersund]] (population: 3,787) was merged with the neighboring Eigersund Municipality (population: 4,664), [[Helleland Municipality]] (population: 851), and the Gyadalen and Grøsfjel areas of [[Heskestad Municipality]] (population: 114). The new municipality was also called Eigersund. On 1 January 1967, the Tjørn farm (population: 10) was transferred from Eigersund to Sokndal.<ref name="Dag" />

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the Eigersundet strait ({{langx|non|Eikundarsund}}). The first element is the [[genitive case]] of the name of the island of ''Eikund'' (now [[Eigerøya]]). The name of the island comes from the word {{wikt-lang|non|eik}} which means "[[oak]]" followed by the [[suffix]] {{lang|non|-und}} which means "plentiful of" (i.e. "the island covered with oak trees"). The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|sund}} which means "[[strait]]" or "[[sound (geography)|sound]]".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u4pBAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Stavanger amt |date=1915 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=10 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=78 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>

;"Egersund" vs. "Eigersund"
Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Egersund''. On 3 November 1917, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Eigersund''.<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> The town of [[Egersund]] within the municipality, however, did not change and it kept the old spelling. The form of the name spelled without the [[diphthong]] [ei] (''Egersund'') is the [[Danish language]] form of the name and at that time the municipal name was changed to use the Norwegian language form. The town kept the old spelling for historic purposes.

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 20 October 1972. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Vert (heraldry)|Vert]], an [[oak|oak leaf]] [[Or (heraldry)|Or]]"'' ({{langx|no|På grønn bunn et opprett gull eikeblad}}). This means the arms have a green [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is an [[oak]] leaf. The oak leaf has a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[Or (heraldry)|Or]] which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The arms are [[canting arms]] since the name is derived from ''Eikundarsund'' and the ''eik'' part means "oak". Oaks are also very common in the municipality. The arms were designed by [[Hallvard Trætteberg]]. 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=Eigersund |access-date=2023-06-30 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Eigersund, Rogaland (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-11-01.html |access-date=2023-06-30 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1972-10-20 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1972-10-20-3 |access-date=2023-06-30 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref>

{{See also-text|Coats of arms of [[Coat of arms of Nedre Eiker|Nedre Eiker]]|[[Coat of arms of Songdalen|Songdalen]]|[[Coat of arms of Tingvoll|Tingvoll]]| [[Coat of arms of Øvre Eiker|Øvre Eiker]]}}

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has three parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Eigersund. It is part of the [[Dalane prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Stavanger]].

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Eigersund'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="2"|Egersund||[[Egersund Church]]||[[Egersund]]||1607
|-
|[[Bakkebø Church]]||[[Egersund]]||1960
|-
|rowspan="1"|Eigerøy||[[Eigerøy Church]]||[[Eigerøya]]||1998
|-
|rowspan="1"|Helleland||[[Helleland Church]]||[[Helleland]]||1832
|}