Editing Naustdal (section)

==General information==
[[File:Naustdal, Norway, may 2003.jpg|thumb|left|17th of May celebration]]
[[File:naustdal church beach.jpg|thumb|left|The beach next to the [[Naustdal Church]]]]
[[File:Vevring kirke.jpg|thumb|left|[[Vevring Church]]]]
The [[prestegjeld|parish]] of Naustdal was established as a [[List of municipalities of Norway|municipality]] on 1 January 1896 when it was split off from the large municipality of [[Førde]]. Initially, Naustdal had a population of 2,543. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1964, all of Naustdal that was located north of the [[Førdefjorden]] (population: 1,633) and all of the municipality of [[Vevring]] that was to the north of the Førdefjorden (population: 439) were merged to form the new municipality of Naustdal. The parts of Naustdal that were located south of the Førdefjorden (population: 265) were transferred to the municipality of [[Førde]].<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 neighboring municipalities of [[Jølster]], [[Førde]], Naustdal, and [[Gaular]] were merged to form the new [[Sunnfjord Municipality]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ny kommune i Indre Sunnfjord |url=http://prosjektsunnfjord.no/ |access-date=2017-10-21 |language=no}}</ref>

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old ''[[Naustdal (village)|Naustdal]]'' farm ({{langx|non|Naustdalr}}) since the first [[Naustdal Church]] was built there. The first element is the name of the local river [[Nausta]]. The river name is identical with the word {{wikt-lang|non|naust}} which means "[[boathouse]]". 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=lN1LAQAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Bergenhus amt |date=1919 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=12 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=336 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 11 December 1987. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Argent]], a [[Chief (heraldry)|chief]] [[dancetty]] [[Azure (heraldry)|azure]]"'' ({{langx|no|På sølv grunn blått skjoldhovud laga med breitt tannsnitt}}). This means the arms are divided with a [[line (heraldry)|line]] that is [[dancetty]] which divides the [[Chief (heraldry)|chief]] from the rest of the shield in a ratio of 1:3. The [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) above the line has a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of blue. Below the line, the field has a tincture of [[argent]] which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The two colors are divided by a jagged line which symbolizes the profile of the [[gable]]s of three [[boathouse]]s. The arms are [[Canting arms|canting]] since the [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] word ''naust'' means "boathouse". The two colors symbolize the sky above and the silver/white represents the sea. The arms were designed by Inge Rotevatn. 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=Naustdal |access-date=2023-06-20 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Naustdal, Sogn og Fjordane (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-14-33.html |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1987-12-11 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LFO/forskrift/1987-12-11-1064 |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref> 

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] had two parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Naustdal. It was part of the [[Sunnfjord prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Bjørgvin]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Naustdal'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|Naustdal||[[Naustdal Church]]||[[Naustdal (village)|Naustdal]]||1891
|-
|Vevring||[[Vevring Church]]||[[Indrevevring]]||1846
|}