- Finnøy
Infobox Kommune
name = Finnøy
idnumber = 1141
county = Rogaland
landscape = Ryfylke
capital =Judaberg
demonym = Finnøying
language =Nynorsk
munwebpage = www.finnoy.kommune.no
governor = Kjell Nes (KrF)
governor_as_of = 2008
arearank = 382
area = 104
arealand = 103
areapercent = 0.03
population_as_of = 2004
populationrank = 285
population = 2,809
populationpercent = 0.06
populationdensity = 27
populationincrease = 0.0
lat_deg = 59 | lat_min = 9 | lat_sec = 53 | lon_deg = 5 | lon_min = 49 | lon_sec = 46
utm_zone = 32V | utm_northing = 6562718 | utm_easting = 0318773 | geo_cat = adm2ndFinnøy is a municipality in
Rogaland county,Norway . It is an island community located inBoknafjorden , 13nautical mile s (24 km) north ofStavanger .The parish of "Finnø" was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see
formannskapsdistrikt ).Sjernarøy was merged with Finnøy on 1 January 1965.Finnøy is an agricultural community dominated by
dairy ,meat ,poultry , andfish farming products, with stronghorticultural traditions, mainlygreenhouse production oftomato es, and sometourism .General information
Name
The municipality is named after the island of Finnøy (
Old Norse : "Finnøy"). The meaning of the first element is unknown and the last element is "øy" which means "island ". Before 1918, the name was written "Finnø".Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 23 September 1983. Despite its recent adoption, it has old roots. The arms show a wing, derived from the arms of the Hestbø family (which included
Ogmund Finnsson ), one of the mightiest families in the area in the 14th century. They had their stronghold on their Hesby estate in the present municipality. [cite web|url=http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/f/finnoy.htm|author=Norske Kommunevåpen|date=1990|title=Nye kommunevåbener i Norden|accessdaymonth=8 October|accessyear=2008]History
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 thethirteenth century , still stands at Hesby.It is often claimed that the Norwegian mathematician
Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829) was born in Finnøy, since his father Søren Georg acted asrector there. Recent studies indicates, however, that he was born inNedstrand , a nearbyparish . However, he was raised at Finnøy.References
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