Editing Samnanger (section)

==General information==
[[File:Klungerdalsnipa.jpg|thumb|left|View of Klungerdalsnipa]]
[[File:Church Samnanger.jpg|thumb|left|[[Samnanger Church]]]]
The municipality of Samnanger was established on 1 January 1907 when it was separated from the municipality of [[Os, Hordaland|Os]]. Initially, Samnanger had 3,025 residents. The borders 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 [[Samnangerfjorden]] ({{langx|non|Samnangr}}) since it is a central geographic feature in the area. The first element is likely the old name for a local river, possibly derived from the word {{wikt-lang|non|sǫmn}} which has an unknown meaning. The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|angr}} which means "[[bay]]" or "[[inlet]]".<ref name="snl">{{Cite web |last=Store norske leksikon |author-link=Store norske leksikon |title=Samnanger |url=http://snl.no/Samnanger |access-date=2014-07-13 |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 |pages=186 and 221 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 27 April 1990. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Gules]], six [[goutte]]s [[Or (heraldry)|Or]] in annulo"'' ({{langx|no|På raud grunn seks gule dråpar som lagar ein sirkel}}). This means the arms have a red [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a set of six [[goutte]]s (drops of water) arranged in a circle. 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. Water was chosen as a symbol on the arms because of the wet [[climate]] and the source of [[hydroelectricity]] that is prevalent in the area. 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=Samnanger |access-date=2023-05-22 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Samnanger, Hordaland |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-12-42.html |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1990-06-30 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1990-04-27-303 |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref> {{See also-text|the coats of arms of [[Bykle#Coat of arms|Bykle]] and [[Tinn#Coat of arms|Tinn]]}}

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has one parish ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Samnanger. 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 Samnanger'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="2"|Samnanger||[[Haga Church (Norway)|Haga Church]]||[[Haga, Hordaland|Haga]]||1995
|-
|[[Samnanger Church]]||[[Ådland, Samnanger|Ådland]]||1851
|}