Editing Finnøy (section)

==General information==
[[File:Finnøy i Rogaland kart.png|thumb|left|Map of Finnøy]]
[[File:Talgje kyrkje.jpg|thumb|left|[[Talgje Church]]]]
[[File:Sjernaroy kyrkje 2.jpg|thumb|left|[[Sjernarøy Church]]]]
The [[prestegjeld|parish]] of ''Finnø'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). It originally encompassed the islands of [[Finnøy (island)|Finnøy]], [[Talgje]], and [[Fogn]] as well as the small surrounding islets and the southeasternmost corner of the island of [[Rennesøy (island)|Rennesøy]]. On 1 January 1918, the part of Finnøy located on the island of [[Rennesøy (island)|Rennesøy]] (population: 72) was transferred from Finnøy to the neighboring municipality of [[Rennesøy]].<ref name="Dag">{{Cite book |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |year=1999 |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |publisher=[[Statistics Norway|Statistisk sentralbyrå]] |language=no |isbn=9788253746845}}</ref>

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1965, the municipality of Finnøy was enlarged when it was merged with the entire municipality of [[Sjernarøy]] (population: 819), the northeastern part of [[Ombo]] island (population: 89) from the municipality of [[Jelsa, Norway|Jelsa]], and the Fisterøyene islands (population: 246) from the municipality of [[Fister (municipality)|Fister]].<ref name="Dag" />

On 1 January 2020, the municipalities of Finnøy, [[Rennesøy]], and [[Stavanger]] were merged into one, large municipality called Stavanger.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Om nye Stavanger |url=http://nye.stavanger.kommune.no/om-nye-stavanger/ |access-date=2017-11-04 |language=no |archive-date=7 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107011243/http://nye.stavanger.kommune.no/om-nye-stavanger/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the island of [[Finnøy (island)|Finnøy]] ({{langx|non|Finney}}) since the historic [[Hesby Church]] was built there. The meaning of the first element is uncertain. It is possibly from the word ''finna'' which is the local name for ''[[Nardus stricta]]''. Another possibility is that it comes from the old male name {{lang|non|finni}}. The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|ey}} which means "[[island]]".<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 |pages=245–246 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref> Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Finnø''. On 3 November 1917, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Finnøy''. The letter ''y'' was added to the end of the word to "Norwegianize" the name ({{lang|da|ø}} is the Danish word for "island" and {{lang|no|øy}} is the Norwegian word).<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 23 September 1983 and it was in use until 1 January 2020 when the municipality was dissolved. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]], a winged arrowhead [[argent]] [[in bend]]"'' ({{langx|no|På blå grunn ei vengja sølv pil på skrå oppover}}). This means the arms have a blue [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a winged [[arrowhead]]. The charge 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 arms were derived from the arms of the Hestbø family (which included [[Ogmund Finnsson]]), one of the mightiest families in the area in the 14th century. They had their stronghold on their Hesby estate on the island of [[Finnøy (island)|Finnøy]] in the municipality of Finnøy. The arms were designed by Harald Hallstensen. 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=Finnøy |access-date=2023-07-04 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Finnøy, Rogaland (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-11-41.html |access-date=2023-07-04 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1983-12-05 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LFO/forskrift/1983-09-23-1520 |access-date=2023-07-04 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref> 

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] had three parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Finnøy. It was part of the [[Tungenes prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Stavanger]].

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Finnøy'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="1"|Hesby||[[Hesby Church]]||[[Hesby]] on [[Finnøy (island)|Finnøy]]||c. 1100
|-
|rowspan="2"|Sjernarøy||[[Sjernarøy Church]]||Kyrkjøy in [[Sjernarøyane]] islands||1647
|-
|[[Jørstad Church]]||Jørstadvågen on [[Ombo]]||1929
|-
|rowspan="2"|Talgje||[[Fogn Church]]||[[Fogn]]||1991
|-
|[[Talgje Church]]||[[Talgje]]||c. 1100
|}