Editing Sokndal (section)

==General information==
[[File:Aana-Sira.jpg|thumb|left|Village of [[Åna-Sira]]]]
[[File:Sogndalstrand - ude i gado.JPG|thumb|left|Village of [[Sogndalsstranda]]]]
[[File:Summer postcard ) (6005538066).jpg|thumb|left|Landscape in Sokndal]]
The [[prestegjeld|parish]] of ''Soggendal'' (later ''Sokndal'') was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). In 1845, the small [[Market town#Norway|lading place]] of [[Sogndal, Rogaland|Sogndal]] (population: 348) was separated from Sokndal as a municipality of its own. This left Sokndal with 2,819 residents. On 12 December 1868, a small part of Sokndal (population: 41) was transferred to neighboring [[Eigersund]] municipality. On 1 July 1944, the small lading place of Sogndal (population: 311) was reincorporated into Sokndal. In 1947, a small area in Sokndal (population: 7) was transferred to Eigersund. On 1 January 1967, the Tjørn farm (population: 10) was transferred from Eigersund to Sokndal.<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 Soknedalen valley ({{langx|non|Sóknardalr}}) since the first [[Sokndal Church]] was built there. The first element is the [[genitive case]] of the river name ''Sókn'' (now [[Sokno]]). That river name is derived from the verb {{wikt-lang|non|sœkja}} which means "to seek" or "to strive for". The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|dalr}} which means "[[valley]]" or "dale". Thus, the meaning is ''"the valley with the river which seeks (finds/forces) its way"''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u4pBAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Stavanger amt |date=1915 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=10 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=1 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref> Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Soggendal'' or ''Sogndal''. On 3 November 1917, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Sokndal''.<ref>{{Cite journal |year=1917 |title=Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1917. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2015102381014_001 |journal=[[Norsk Lovtidend]] |language=no |location=Kristiania, Norge |publisher=Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri |pages=1057–1065}}</ref> {{see also-text|Name of [[Sogndal#Name|Sogndal]] municipality}}

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 8 July 1988. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Or (heraldry)|Or]], three pickaxes [[bendwise]] [[Sable (heraldry)|sable]]"'' ({{langx|no|I gull tre svarte hakker, 2-1}}). 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 set of three [[pickaxe]]s with two over one. This design was chosen to symbolize the importance of [[mining]] and [[agriculture]] in the municipality. The arms were designed by John Digernes from [[Haugesund]]. 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=Sokndal |access-date=2023-06-30 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sokndal, Rogaland (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-11-11.html |access-date=2023-06-30 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1988-07-08 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1988-07-08-574 |access-date=2023-06-30 |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 Sokndal. It is part of the [[Dalane prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Stavanger]].

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Sokndal'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="2"|Sokndal||[[Sokndal Church]]||[[Hauge, Rogaland|Hauge]]||1803
|-
|[[Åna-Sira Church]]||[[Åna-Sira]]||1888
|}