Editing Fjell (section)

==General information==
[[File:LitlesotraBildøy.jpg|thumb|left|Aerial view of the island of Litlesotra]]
[[File:Fjæreide sett frå Hjeltevarden.jpeg|thumb|left|View of the rugged mountainous landscape of Fjell]]
The parish of ''Fjæld'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1964, the islands of [[Misje]] and [[Turøyna]] (population: 404) were transferred from the municipality of [[Herdla]] to the municipality of Fjell.<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>

On 1 January 2020, the three neighbouring municipalities of Fjell, [[Sund, Norway|Sund]], and [[Øygarden]] were merged into one large island municipality called ''Øygarden''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vår nye kommune |url=http://www.varnyekommune.no/ |access-date=2017-10-28 |language=no}}</ref>

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old ''Fjelde'' farm ({{langx|non|Fjall}}) since the first [[Fjell Church]] was built there. The name is identical to the modern [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] word {{wikt-lang|no|fjell}} which means "mountain". The oldest form of the name was {{lang|non|Undir Fjalli}} which means "under/below the mountain".<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=268 and 277 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref> Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Fjæld'' or ''Fjeld''. On 3 November 1917, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Fjell''.<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 adopted by the municipal council on 27 April 1957 and it was in use until 1 January 2020 when the municipality was dissolved. The [[blazon]] is ''"[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]], a seagull [[Volant (heraldry)|volant]] [[argent]] over a [[fess]] [[Sable (heraldry)|sable]] [[dancetty]] topped and wavy with three [[Bar (heraldry)|bars]] wavy argent beneath"''. This means the arms have a blue [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a seagull flying over three triangular black mountain shapes over three wavy lines. The seagull and wavy lines have a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[argent]] which means they are commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. A [[mural crown]] was often displayed above the [[Escutcheon (heraldry)|shield]]. The arms were designed to show the geography of the municipality, specifically the sea (shown with three wavy lines) and the steep mountains (shown with three black triangular shapes). The sea[[gull]] shown above the mountains is a common bird in the area. The arms are [[Canting arms|canting]] since the name of the municipality means "mountain". The arms were designed by Magnus Hardeland, but they were never formally approved by the government because they did not meet the Norwegian heraldic guidelines for coats of arms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Fjell |access-date=2023-06-22 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Fjell, Hordaland (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-12-46.html |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref>

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

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Fjell'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="3"|Fjell||[[Fjell Church]]||[[Fjell (village)|Fjell]]||1874
|-
|[[Foldnes Church]]||[[Foldnes]]||2001
|-
|[[Landro Church]]||[[Landro, Hordaland|Landro]]||1977
|}