Editing Vik, Sogn (section)

==General information==
[[File:View of Vik, taken in the Sognefjord area of Norway - July 2007.jpg|thumb|left|View of Vikøyri]]
[[File:Hove Church 03.jpg|thumb|left|Stone church in Hove]]
Vik was established as a [[List of municipalities of Norway|municipality]] on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). The original municipality was identical to the Vik [[Church of Norway|parish]] (''[[prestegjeld]]'') with the sub-parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) of Hopperstad, Hove, and Arnafjord (on the south side of the fjord) and Kvamsøy (on the north side of the fjord).<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><ref name="em">{{Cite web |last=Natvik |first=Oddvar |date=9 February 2005 |title=Some historical data on the 26 Kommunes |url=http://www.emigration.no/sff/emigration3.nsf/0/326D0346278A5909C1256F570048962C?OpenDocument |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613141425/http://www.emigration.no/sff/emigration3.nsf/0/326D0346278A5909C1256F570048962C?OpenDocument |archive-date=13 June 2008 |access-date=19 June 2008}}</ref>

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1964 the sub-parish of Kvamsøy (population: 363) was transferred from Vik to [[Balestrand Municipality]] and the sub-parish of Vangsnes (population: 189) was transferred from Balestrand to Vik. Also on this date, the Nybø and Nygjerdet farms were transferred from Vik to [[Høyanger Municipality]]. All these changes gave Vik a total population of 2,623.<ref name="Dag" />

On 1 January 1992, the sub-parishes of Feios and Fresvik were transferred from [[Leikanger Municipality]] to Vik Municipality. This added 572 residents to the population of Vik.<ref name="Dag" />

On 1 January 2020, the municipality became part of the newly created [[Vestland]] county after [[Sogn og Fjordane]] and [[Hordaland]] counties were merged.

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old village of [[Vikøyri|Vik]] ({{langx|non|Vík}}) since the first [[Vik Church]] was built there. The name is identical with the word {{wikt-lang|non|vík}} which means "small [[bay]]", "[[cove]]", or "[[inlet]]", possibly referring to the small bay off the main [[Sognefjorden]] at the present-day village of [[Vikøyri]].<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=150 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref><ref name="snl">{{Cite web |last=Store norske leksikon |author-link=Store norske leksikon |title=Vik kommune |url=http://snl.no/Vik%2Fkommune |access-date=2014-01-28 |language=no}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 15 March 1991. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Vert (heraldry)|Vert]], three leaf-knives [[Or (heraldry)|Or]] bendwise in pale"'' ({{langx|no|På grøn grunn tre skråstilte gull lauvknivar}}). This means the arms have a green [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a set of three [[knife|knives]] for the cutting of [[leaf|leaves]] that are laying diagonally in a vertical column. 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. These types of blunt point knives were commonly used in the area to cut [[fodder]] for animals. The arms were designed by Rune Tangstad. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 July 2022 |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Vik |access-date=2023-05-15 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Vik, Sogn og Fjordane (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-14-17.html |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1991-03-15 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1991-03-15-182 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref>

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has five parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Vik. It is part of the [[Sogn prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Bjørgvin]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Vik'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Name!!Location!!Year built
|-
|Arnafjord||[[Arnafjord Church]]||[[Nese, Norway|Nese]]||1880
|-
|Feios||[[Feios Church]]||[[Feios]]||1866
|-
|Fresvik||[[Fresvik Church]]||[[Fresvik]]||1881
|-
|Vangsnes||[[Vangsnes Church]]||[[Vangsnes]]||1877
|-
|rowspan=3|Vik||[[Vik Church]]||[[Vikøyri]]||1877
|-
|[[Hove Church]]||Vikøyri||[[Wiktionary:circa|c]]. 1170
|-
|[[Hopperstad Stave Church]]||Vikøyri||[[Wiktionary:circa|c]]. 1140
|}