Editing Søgne (section)

==General information==
[[File:Holmen1.jpg|thumb|left|View of the coastline of Søgne]]
[[File:Høllen havn - panoramio.jpg|thumb|left|View of the harbour at [[Høllen]]]]
[[File:Ny-Hellesund StOlafs sund (2).JPG|thumb|left|View of the cliffs of [[Ny-Hellesund]]]]
The [[prestegjeld|parish]] of Sygne (later spelled ''Søgne'') was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). on 1 July 1913, the northern half of Søgne (population: 822) was separated to form the new municipality of [[Greipstad]]. This left Søgne with 2,609 residents. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. Søgne municipality remained generally the same during this time, however, there were a couple of small changes to the municipal boundaries. On 1 January 1964, the Stubstad area of neighboring [[Holum]] municipality (population: 9) and the Brunvatne area of neighboring [[Øyslebø]] municipality (population: 44) were both transferred to Søgne municipality. Then on 1 January 1965, the unpopulated Svalemyren area of neighboring [[Mandal (municipality)|Mandal]] municipality was transferred to Søgne.<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>

On 1 January 2020, the three neighboring municipalities of [[Kristiansand]], [[Songdalen]], and Søgne merged to form one large municipality called ''Kristiansand''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nye Kristiansand |url=https://www.kristiansand.kommune.no/nye-kristiansand/ |access-date=2017-11-05 |publisher=Kristiansand kommune |language=no}}</ref>

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old ''Søgne'' farm ({{langx|non|Sygna}}) since the [[Old Søgne Church]]  was built there. The name comes from the local river ''Sygna'' (now called [[Søgneelva]]). The river name is derived from the verb {{wikt-lang|non|súga}} which means "to suck". The municipality was historically spelled ''Sygne'' until the 1880s when it was changed to ''Søgne''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mt1LAQAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt |date=1912 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=9 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=46–47 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 24 May 1985 and they were in use until 1 January 2020 when the municipality was dissolved. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Per fess]] [[Line (heraldry)|urdy]] [[Azure (heraldry)|azure]] and [[argent]], two points to the [[Chief (heraldry)|chief]]"'' ({{langx|no|Delt av blått og sølv ved gråverksnitt (med to spisser oppover)}}). This means the arms have a [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) that is divided by a [[Line (heraldry)|line]] that follows a geometric "urdy" pattern. Below the line, the field has a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of azure (blue). Above 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 design of the line is meant to symbolize two stone road markers ([[cairn|varder]]), which in historical times were used to mark the paths and tracks that people followed. Two of the largest of these signs are found in the municipality, and were mentioned in historical records in the early 17th century. According to legend, they were built by King [[Olaf II of Norway]] ''(Hellige-Olav)'', in the 11th century. A local tradition says they represent two girls standing on top of the hill looking for their lovers to return from fishing. The fishermen drowned and the girls remained waiting there. The stone markers are named {{lang|no|"jentene på Hellerøya"}} (the girls on Heller island). The original stone markers were destroyed by Germans during [[World War II]] and afterwards they were rebuilt in concrete. The arms were designed by Ulf Skauge based on idea by Nols Th. Finstad.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=S%C3%B8gne |access-date=2023-01-21 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Søgne, Vest-Agder (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-10-18.html |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1985-07-27 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1985-05-24-1062?q=flagg |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref>

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has one parish ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Søgne. It is part of the [[Mandal prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Agder og Telemark]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Søgne'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="2"|Søgne||[[Søgne Church]]||[[Lunde, Vest-Agder|Lunde]]||1861
|-
|[[Old Søgne Church]]||[[Tangvall|Søgne]]||1604
|}