Editing Farsund (section)

==General information==
[[File:Tettsteder i Farsund.jpg|thumb|left|Map of urban areas in Farsund]]
[[File:Farsund - Winter.jpg|thumb|left|View of the town of Farsund]]
[[File:Vanse Norwegen Kirche01.JPG|thumb|left|Historic [[Vanse Church]]]]
The [[Farsund (town)|town of Farsund]] was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law), although it was already recognized as a trading center in 1795. The present municipality of Farsund was established on 1 January 1965 when the rural municipalities of [[Herad]], [[Lista]], and [[Spind]] were merged with the town of Farsund. On 1 January 1971, the ''Ytre og Indre Skarstein'' farms (population: 21) located along the western shore of the Rosfjorden were transferred from [[Lyngdal]] to Farsund.<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 Farsundet strait, a narrow strait through which the [[Lyngdalsfjorden]] passes as it goes by the [[Farsund (town)|town of Farsund]]. The first element of the name comes from the small island of Farøy which sits in the Farsund strait. The name of the island comes from the word {{wikt-lang|non|far}} which means "travel" or "journey" (similar to the English word ''farewell'' meaning "good journey"). 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=Mt1LAQAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt |date=1912 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=9 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=183–184 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] has been used since 1900 or 1901. The [[blazon]] is ''"[[Or (heraldry)|Or]], a [[Terrace in base curved|mount]] surmounted by four [[linden tree]]s [[Vert (heraldry)|vert]]"''. This means the arms have a [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) 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 [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a group of [[linden tree]]s on a green hill. This design was chosen to represent the town of Farsund since there were four old linden trees on the town square. Originally, these trees grew in the garden of the Lund merchant dynasty, where they were probably planted in the middle of the 18th century. The trees also appear in the trade seal of the family. In 1957, the old trees were removed and replaced with new ones. 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=Farsund |access-date=2023-07-12 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Farsund kommune, våpen |url=https://foto.digitalarkivet.no/fotoweb/archives/5003-Kommunev%C3%A5pen/Kart%20og%20tegninger%20og%20segl/Farsund%20fra%20SNL.JPG.info#c=%2Ffotoweb%2Farchives%2F5003-Kommunev%25C3%25A5pen%2F%3Fq%3Dfarsund |access-date=2023-07-12 |website=Digitalarkivet |publisher=Arkivverket |language=no}}</ref>

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has three parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Farsund. It is part of the [[Lister og Mandal prosti]] [[deanery]] in the [[Diocese of Agder og Telemark]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Farsund'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="2"|Farsund||[[Frelserens Church]]||[[Farsund (town)|Farsund]]||1905
|-
|[[Spind Church]]||Rødland||1776
|-
|rowspan="1"|Herad||[[Herad Church (Vest-Agder)|Herad Church]]||[[Sande, Vest-Agder|Sande]]||1957
|-
|rowspan="2"|Lista||[[Vanse Church]]||[[Vanse]]||c. 1037
|-
|[[Vestbygda Chapel]]||[[Vestbygd, Vest-Agder|Vestbygd]]||1909
|}