Editing Jondal (section)

==General information==
[[File:Jondal, Norway.jpg|thumb|left|View of Jondal]]
[[File:Jondal.jpg|thumb|left|Village of Jondal, with the church in the back]]
The municipality of Jondal was established on 1 January 1863 when it was separated from the large municipality of [[Strandebarm]]. Initially, Jondal had a population of 1,663.<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, there were two changes that effected Jondal municipality: the part of Jondal located on the northwestern side of the [[Hardangerfjorden]] (population: 515) was transferred to [[Kvam Municipality]] and the [[Kysnesstranda]] area of [[Strandebarm]] municipality (population: 100) was transferred to Jondal.<ref name="Dag" />

Then on 1 January 2013, the southwestern part of the Folgefonna peninsula (south of Kysnesstranda) was transferred to Jondal from the neighboring [[Kvinnherad Municipality]]. This added forty new residents and {{convert|37.1|km2}} of land area to the municipality.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Olsen |first=Kjartan Wang |date=2011-12-08 |title=Jondal overtar Kvinnherad-bygder |url=http://www.hardanger-folkeblad.no/hfnyheiter/Jondal/article5838770.ece |access-date=2014-06-21 |publisher=Hardanger folkeblad |language=no}}</ref>

On 1 January 2020, the three neighboring municipalities of Jondal, [[Odda]], and [[Ullensvang]] were merged. The new municipality was named ''Ullensvang'' and its [[administrative centre]] is the town of [[Odda (town)|Odda]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ullensvang kommune - den nye kommune i Hardanger |url=http://ullensvang.kommune.no/ |access-date=2017-10-24 |language=no}}</ref>

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the Jondalen valley ({{langx|non|Jónardalr}}) which runs through the municipality and it is where the [[Jondal (village)|village of Jondal]] is located. The first element is an old river name {{wikt-lang|non|Jón}} (now called [[Jondalselvi]]). The meaning of the river name is unknown. The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|dalr}} which means "[[valley]]" or "dale".<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 |page=507 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 27 November 1987 and it was in use until 1 January 2020 when the municipality was dissolved. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Gules]], three boathooks [[bendwise]] issuant from [[Dexter and sinister|sinister]] base [[Or (heraldry)|Or]]"'' ({{langx|no|På raud grunn tre skrått framveksande gule båtshaker}}). This means the arms have a red [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a set of three [[boat hooks]]s lined up diagonally. The charge 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. This design was chosen to symbolise the importance of sailing and shipping along the [[Hardangerfjord]]. Historically, Jondal has been known for its shipyards and sailing college. The arms were designed by Arvid Sveen. 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=Jondal |access-date=2023-06-25 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jondal, Hordaland |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-12-27.html |access-date=2023-06-25 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1987-11-27 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LFO/forskrift/1987-11-27-1048 |access-date=2023-06-25 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref> {{See also2|Coats of arms of: [[Åsnes#Coat of arms|Åsnes]], [[Fet, Norway#Coat of arms|Fet]], [[Marker, Norway#Coat of arms|Marker]], and [[Nordre Land#Coat of arms|Nordre Land]]}}

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

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Jondal'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|Jondal||[[Jondal Church]]||[[Jondal (village)|Jondal]]||1888
|}