Finnøy
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| Finnøy kommune | |||
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| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Rogaland | ||
| District | Ryfylke | ||
| Municipality ID | NO-1141 | ||
| Administrative centre | Judaberg | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor (2008) | Kjell Nes(KrF) | ||
| Area (Nr. 382 in Norway) | |||
| - Total | 104 km² (40.2 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 103 km² (39.8 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| - Total | 2,809 | ||
| - Density | 27/km² (69.9/sq mi) | ||
| - Change (10 years) | 0.0 % | ||
| - Rank in Norway | 285 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Official language form | Nynorsk | ||
| Demonym | Finnøying[1] | ||
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| Website: www.finnoy.kommune.no | |||
Finnøy is a municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.
Finnøy was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Sjernarøy was merged with Finnøy January 1, 1965.
It is an island community located in Boknafjorden, 13 nautical miles (24 km) north of Stavanger.
It is often claimed that the Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829) was born in Finnøy, since his father Søren Georg acted as rector there. Recent studies indicates, however, that he was born in Nedstrand, a nearby parish. However, he was raised at Finnøy.
Finnøy was at the top of its power in the middle of the fourteenth century when the King's representative Ogmund Finnsson had his seat at Hesby on the West side of the island of Finnøy. A medieval stone church, dating from the thirteenth century, still stands at Hesby.
Contemporary Finnøy is an agricultural community dominated by dairy, meat, poultry and fish farming products, with strong horticultural traditions, mainly greenhouse production of tomatoes, and some tourism.
[edit] The name
The municipality is named after the island of Finnøy (Norse Finnøy). The meaning of the first element is unknown, the last element is øy f 'island'.
Until 1918 the name was written "Finnø".
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1983) - but is has old roots: It is based upon the seal of Ogmund Finnsson from the 14th Century. (The motive is an arrow with wings.)
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