Editing Vinje (section)

==General information==
The [[prestegjeld|parish]] of Vinje was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). In 1860, the northern district of Vinje (population: 745) and the [[Øyfjell]] area of [[Lårdal (municipality)|Lårdal]] (population: 243) were combined to form the new municipality of [[Rauland]]. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1964, [[Rauland]] municipality (population: 1,656) and Vinje municipality (population: 2,565) were merged to form a new, larger Vinje municipality.<ref name="Dag">{{Cite web |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>

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old ''Vinje'' farm ({{langx|non|Vinjar}}) since the first [[Vinje Church (Telemark)|Vinje Church]] was built there. The name is the [[plural]] form of the word {{wikt-lang|non|vin}} which means "[[meadow]]" or "[[pasture]]".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2006120600018 |title=Norske gaardnavne: Bratsbergs amt |date=1914 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=7 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=436 and |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref> {{see also|Vinje Municipality (Sør-Trøndelag)#Name}}

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 16 November 1990. The official [[blazon]] is "[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]] a [[billy goat]] [[argent]]" ({{langx|no|På blå grunn ein sølv geitebukk}}). This means the arms have a blue [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a billy goat. The billy goat 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 color blue and the goat were chosen based on an old poem written by [[Aasmund Olavsson Vinje]]. The poem is called ''Blåmann'' ({{lit|blue man}}) which is about a goat named ''Blåmann''. This was also chosen to represent the importance of sheep and [[goat farming]] in the mountainous municipality. The arms were designed by Arvid Sveen. 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=Vinje |access-date=2023-01-08 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1990-11-16 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1990-11-16-1048 |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Vinje, Telemark (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-08-34.html |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref name="om vinje">{{Cite web |title=Om Vinje |url=https://www.vinje.kommune.no/om-vinje.489763.nn.html |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=Vinje kommune |language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Vinje kommune, våpen |url=https://foto.digitalarkivet.no/fotoweb/archives/5003-Kommunev%C3%A5pen/Kart%20og%20tegninger%20og%20segl/he10081205030432.tif.info#c=%2Ffotoweb%2Farchives%2F5003-Kommunev%25C3%25A5pen%2F%3Fq%3Dvinje |access-date=2023-08-07 |website=Digitalarkivet |publisher=Arkivverket |language=no}}</ref> {{see also|Coat of arms of Aurland}}

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has four parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Vinje. It is part of the [[Øvre Telemark prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Agder og Telemark]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Vinje'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="1"|Grungedal||[[Grunge Church]]||[[Grunge, Norway|Grunge]]||1850
|-
|rowspan="2"|Rauland||[[Møsstrond Church]]||[[Møsstrond]]||1923
|-
|[[Rauland Church]]||[[Raulandsgrend]]||1803
|-
|rowspan="2"|Vinje og Nesland||[[Nesland Church]]||[[Nesland, Vinje|Nesland]]||1847
|-
|[[Vinje Church (Telemark)|Vinje Church]]||[[Vinje (village)|Vinje]]||1796
|-
|rowspan="1"|Øyfjell||[[Øyfjell Church]]||[[Øyfjell]]||1833
|}