Editing Klepp (section)

==General information==
[[File:Klepp Sentrum.jpg|thumb|left|View of Klepp]]
[[File:Day mark Jaerens Rev.jpg|thumb|left|View of the agricultural landscape of Klepp]]
The old [[prestegjeld|parish]] of ''Klep'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). The boundaries of the municipality have not changed since that time.<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 old ''[[Kleppe|Klepp]]'' farm ({{langx|non|Kleppi}}) since the first [[Klepp Church]] was built there. The name is the [[dative case]] of the word {{lang|non|kleppr}} which means "rocky hill". The inscription on the [[Klepp I Runestone]] indicates that the name has been in use since the late 10th or early 11th century. Before 1912, the name was written ''"Klep"''.<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=125 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 18 February 1972. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]], a [[Cossack cross]] [[Or (heraldry)|Or]]"'' ({{langx|no|På blå botn ein svevande, utskrådd gul kross}}). This means the arms have a blue [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a [[Cossack cross]]. 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. The cross on the arms symbolizes the large stone cross at ''Krosshaug'' in Klepp. Krosshaug is a grave hill located near the site where the local [[thing (assembly)|thing]] met for centuries. The [[Old Norse]] word ''haugr'' means "mound", hence the name "kross-haug" is the cross-mound. The cross was considered a representative historic symbol for the municipality. 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=Klepp |access-date=2023-07-02 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Klepp, Rogaland (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-11-20.html |access-date=2023-07-02 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1972-02-18 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1972-02-18-3 |access-date=2023-07-02 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref>

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

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Klepp'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="1"|Bore||[[Bore Church]]||[[Bore, Norway|Bore]]||1891
|-
|rowspan="1"|Frøyland og Orstad**||[[Frøyland og Orstad Church]]||[[Orstad]]||2008
|-
|rowspan="1"|Klepp||[[Klepp Church]]||[[Kleppe]]||1846
|-
|rowspan="2"|Orre||[[Orre Church]]||[[Pollestad]]||1950
|-
|[[Old Orre Church]]||[[Orre, Rogaland|Orre]]||c. 1250
|-
|colspan="4"|<small>''**Note: Frøyland og Orstad parish covers part of Klepp municipality and part of [[Time, Norway|Time]] municipality.''</small>  
|}