Editing Vang, Innlandet (section)

== General information ==
[[File:Utsikt fra Øye, mot Lunde, Vang i Valdres.jpg|thumb|left|View of the Øye area]]
[[File:Johannes Flintoe - Draktstudier fra Vang i Valdres - NG.K&H.1984.0037 - National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.jpg|thumb|left|Drawing from 1820 of locals in their traditional clothing]]
[[File:Hoere-Stave-Church-2020.jpg|thumb|left|[[Høre Stave Church]]]]
On 1 January 1838, the [[prestegjeld]] of Vang was established as a civil municipality (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). On 1 January 1882, a small area of Vang (population: 31) was transferred into the neighboring [[Øystre Slidre Municipality]]. The municipal boundaries 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 old ''[[Vang i Valdres|Vang]]'' farm ({{langx|non|Vangr}}) since the first [[Vang Church (Vang)|Vang Church]] was built there. The name is identical to the word {{wikt-lang|non|vangr}} which means  "[[field (agriculture)|field]]" or "[[meadow]]".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jJMOAAAAYAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Kristians amt (anden halvdel) |date=1902 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=4-2 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=308 and 313 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted by royal decree on 26 June 1987. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]], within a [[tressure]] floury three swords [[bendwise]] [[Or (heraldry)|Or]]"'' ({{langx|no|På blå grunn tre skråstilte gull sverd omgjevne av gull liljebord}}). This means the arms have a blue [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is three diagonal [[sword]]s. The arms also have a border line with [[fleur-de-lis]] designs ([[tressure]] floury) going around the edge of the arms. The charge and border have a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[Or (heraldry)|Or]] which means they are commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The arms are based on historic descriptions and depictions of the personal arms the a local [[Middle Ages|medieval]] nobleman Sigvat of Leirhol. He was named as one of the members of the delegation that followed King [[Håkon V Magnusson]] to [[Copenhagen]] in 1309. Later, he became the local governor of [[Valdres]] and [[Hallingdal]] (Vang is part of the Valdres region). He played a major role in the development of the region and the arms can be seen on different places, including in the local [[Vang Church (Vang)|Vang Church]]. The arms were designed by Stein Davidsen. 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=Vang |access-date=2023-04-22 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Vang, Oppland (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-05-45.html |access-date=2023-04-22 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1987-06-26 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1987-06-26-607 |access-date=2023-04-22 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Vang Municipality |url=http://www.gonorway.com/norway/counties/oppland/vang/763af2b4e93a237/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711111235/http://www.gonorway.com/norway/counties/oppland/vang/763af2b4e93a237/ |archive-date=11 July 2011 |access-date=2009-01-03 |publisher=GoNorway.com}}</ref>

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has four parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Vang. It is part of the [[Valdres prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Hamar]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Vang'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="1"|Heensåsen||[[Heensåsen Church]]||[[Hænsgardane]]||1902
|-
|rowspan="1"|Høre||[[Høre Stave Church]]||near [[Ryfoss]]||1180
|-
|rowspan="1"|Vang||[[Vang Church (Vang)|Vang Church]]||[[Vang i Valdres]]||1840
|-
|rowspan="3"|Øye||[[Øye Church (Innlandet)|Øye Church]]||[[Øye, Innlandet|Øye]]||1747
|-
|[[Øye Stave Church]]||[[Øye, Innlandet|Øye]]||1965
|-
|[[St. Thomas Church, Filefjell|St. Thomas Church]]||[[Nystuen]]||1971
|}