Editing Radøy (section)

==General information==
During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. Radøy was created as a new municipality on 1 January 1964. The new municipality was constructed from parts of several different municipalities:<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>
*all of [[Manger Municipality]] (population: 1,344)
*all of [[Hordabø Municipality]] (population: 1,679)
*the island of [[Bognøy]] from [[Herdla Municipality]] (population: 29)
*most of [[Sæbø Municipality]], except the Titland area on the Lindås peninsula (population: 916)
*the Sletta area on the island of [[Radøy (island)|Radøy]] from [[Lindås Municipality]] (population: 305)
*the Straume area on the island of Radøy and the small island of Fesøy from [[Austrheim Municipality]] (population: 56)

On 1 January 2020, the neighboring [[Meland Municipality]], Radøy Municipality, and [[Lindås Municipality]] were merged into the new [[Alver Municipality]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ein kommune |url=https://einkommune.no/ |access-date=2017-10-26 |language=no}}</ref>

===Name===
The municipality is named after the [[Radøy (island)|island of Radøy]] ({{langx|non|Rǫð}}) since the municipality encompassed the island. The first element is {{lang|non|rǫð}} which means "row", "ridge", or "line" (here in the sense that it is a "long island" sticking out of the ocean). The last element, {{wikt-lang|no|øy}} which means "[[island]]", was added later as a suffix to the name.<ref name="snl">{{Cite web |last=Store norske leksikon |author-link=Store norske leksikon |title=Radøy. – øy |url=http://snl.no/Rad%C3%B8y.%2F%C3%B8y |access-date=2014-04-15 |language=no}}</ref><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=401 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 14 June 1991 and it was in use until 1 January 2020 when the municipality was dissolved. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Or (heraldry)|Or]], two [[Rowlock|oarlock]]s [[in pale]] [[Sable (heraldry)|sable]]"'' ({{langx|no|På gul grunn to svarte årekeipar.}}). This means the arms have a [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) 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 [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a pair of [[Rowlock|oarlock]]s, one above the other. Oarlocks are on the [[gunwale]] of a [[boat]] and they support the [[oar]] and give force to the rower's stroke. Some of these objects have been found in several places in Radøy and the artifacts date back to the first century BC. The arms were designed by Even Jarl Skoglund. 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=Radøy |access-date=2023-06-28 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Radoy, Hordaland |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-12-60.html |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1991-06-14 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LFO/forskrift/1991-06-14-415 |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref> {{See also|Coat of arms of Fosnes|Coat of arms of Tjøme}}

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

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Radøy'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="4"|Radøy||[[Hordabø Church]]||[[Bøvågen]]||1875
|-
|[[Manger Church]]||[[Manger, Norway|Manger]]||1891
|-
|[[Sæbø Church]]||[[Sæbø, Hordaland|Sæbø]]||1883
|-
|[[Emigrant Church, Sletta]]||[[Sletta, Hordaland|Sletta]]||1997
|}