Editing Selje (section)

==General information==
[[File:Naust i Selje.JPG|thumb|left|Some boat-houses at Selje]]
[[File:Selje kyrkje-45.jpg|thumb|left|[[Selje Church]]]]
[[File:Flatraket.jpg|thumb|left|[[Flatraket]]]]
Selje was established as a [[List of municipalities of Norway|municipality]] on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). The original municipality was identical to the historic Selje ''[[prestegjeld]]'' with the sub-parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) of Hove and [[Vågsøy]]. The municipality originally included all of the [[Stadlandet]] peninsula, the [[Vågsøy (island)|island of Vågsøy]] and the mainland area north of the mouth of the [[Nordfjorden (Sogn og Fjordane)|Nordfjorden]].<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 1910, the southwestern district of Vågsøy was separated from Selje to form two new municipalities: [[Nord-Vågsøy]] and [[Sør-Vågsøy]]. The sub-parish of Hove was renamed ''Selje'' at the same time. After the separation, Selje had a population of 3,367 residents.<ref name="Dag" />

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1964, the municipalities of [[Nord-Vågsøy]] and [[Sør-Vågsøy]] as well as a small part of southern Selje municipality were merged to form the new [[Vågsøy Municipality]]. The parts of Selje involved were the island of [[Silda (Sogn og Fjordane)|Silda]], the Hagevik-Osmundsvåg area, and the farms of Sørpollen and Straumen.<ref name="NS">{{Cite web |date=19 March 2007 |title=The municipality of Selje |url=http://www.northseatrail.org/show_single_article.php?article_id=352&lang=uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721163219/http://www.northseatrail.org/show_single_article.php?article_id=352&lang=uk |archive-date=21 July 2011 |access-date=20 July 2008}}</ref>  There were 344 residents in those areas that were moved out of Selje.<ref name="Dag" />

On 1 January 2020, Selje was dissolved as a municipality and it was merged with the neighboring municipality of [[Eid, Norway|Eid]] and the [[Bryggja]]-Totland area of [[Vågsøy]] and they formed the new [[Stad Municipality]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stad 2020: Eid og Selje i ny kommune |url=http://nyeeid.custompublish.no/ |access-date=2017-10-22 |language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bryggja inn i Stad kommune |url=http://www.stad2020.no/bryggja-grensejustering.431555.no.html |access-date=2019-10-05 |publisher=Nye Stad kommune |language=no}}</ref>

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the small island of [[Selja, Selje|Selja]] since the first [[Selje Church]] was built there. The meaning of the name is uncertain. One possibility is that it is derived from the word {{wikt-lang|non|sel}} which means "pasture shed", particularly used in the [[Transhumance|sæter]] mountain farms. A less likely possibility is that it comes from the word {{wikt-lang|non|salr}} which means "room" or "hall", referring to the local cave where [[Saint Sunniva]] and her followers dwelled after reaching the island in the 10th century. Prior to 1889, the name was written ''Selø'' or ''Selløe''.<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=384 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
[[File:Selje komm.svg|thumb|left|100px|Coat of arms]]
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 5 April 1991 and it was in use until 1 January 2020 when the municipality was dissolved. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]], a half woman with raised hands [[argent]]"'' ({{langx|no|På blå grunn ein halv sølv kvinnefigur med lyfta hender}}). This means the arms have a blue [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is the upper half of a woman with raised arms and crown. The charge has a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[argent]] which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The woman is a depiction of [[St. Sunniva|Saint Sunniva]], the royal Irish missionary who died as a martyr on the island of [[Selja, Selje|Selja]] while trying to convert he locals to [[Christianity]]. Later, the [[Selje Abbey]] was built on the spot where she died. She was later named the [[patron saint]] of the Norwegian [[Diocese of Bjørgvin]] and all of [[Western Norway]]. The arms were designed by Turid Haye. 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=Selje |access-date=2023-06-20 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Selje, Sogn og Fjordane (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-14-41.html |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1991-04-05 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LFO/forskrift/1991-04-05-190 |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref><ref name="snl">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Selje |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |publisher=[[Kunnskapsforlaget]] |url=https://snl.no/Selje |access-date=2019-10-05 |date=2019-09-30 |editor-last=Askheim |editor-first=Svein |language=no |editor2-first=Geir |editor2-last=Thorsnæs}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Selje kommune, våpen |url=https://foto.digitalarkivet.no/fotoweb/archives/5003-Kommunev%C3%A5pen/Kart%20og%20tegninger%20og%20segl/he10081205030736.tif.info#c=%2Ffotoweb%2Farchives%2F5003-Kommunev%25C3%25A5pen%2F%3Fq%3DSelje |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=Digitalarkivet |publisher=Arkivverket |language=no}}</ref>

===Churches===
[[File:Selje koster 2.jpg|thumb|right|Ruins of the Selje Abbey on Selja]]
The [[Church of Norway]] has three parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Selje. It is part of the [[Nordfjord prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Bjørgvin]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Selje kirkelige fellesråd |url=http://www.kirken.no/?event=showCouncils&pFellesId=f1441 |publisher=Den Norske Kirke |language=no}}</ref><ref name="em">{{Cite web |last=Natvik |first=Oddvar |date=9 February 2005 |title=Some historical data on the 26 Kommunes |url=http://www.sf-f.kommune.no/sff/emigration3.nsf/enduser?readform |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724180634/http://www.sf-f.kommune.no/sff/emigration3.nsf/enduser?readform |archive-date=24 July 2011}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Selje'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|Ervik||[[Ervik Church]]||[[Ervik, Sogn og Fjordane|Ervik]]||1970
|-
|Leikanger||[[Leikanger Church (Selje)|Leikanger Church]]||[[Leikanger, Selje|Leikanger]]||1866
|-
|Selje||[[Selje Church]]||[[Selje (village)|Selje]]||1866
|-
|colspan=4|<small>Note:the ruins of the [[Selje Abbey]] (built in 1100) are located on the island of Selja.</small>
|}