Rennesøy

Infobox_Kommune
name=Rennesøy
idnumber=1142
county=Rogaland
landscape=Ryfylke
capital=Rennesøy
governor=Jostein Eiane (KrF)
governor_as_of=2003
arearank=413
area=65
arealand=65
areapercent=0.02
population_as_of=2004
populationrank=256
population=3,309
populationpercent=0.07
populationdensity=51
populationincrease=26.0
language=Nynorsk
lat_deg=59| lat_min=6| lat_sec=4| lon_deg=5| lon_min=43| lon_sec=55
utm_zone=32V| utm_northing=6555899 |utm_easting=0312855| geo_cat=adm2nd

munwebpage=www.rennesoy.kommune.no

Rennesøy is a municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.

The parish of "Rennesø" was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Mosterøy was separated from Rennesøy July 1, 1884 - it was, however, again merged with Rennesøy January 1, 1965 (but without Kvitsøy).

The name

The Norse form of the name was "Rennisøy". The meaning of the first element is unknown, the last element is "øy" f 'island'.

Until 1918 the name was written "Rennesø".

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1981). The two croziers represent the old abbey of Utstein.