Rennesøy
Rennesøy Municipality
Rennesøy kommune | |
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 Flag | |
 Rogaland within Norway | |
 Rennesøy within Rogaland | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Rogaland |
| District | Ryfylke |
| Administrative centre | Vikevåg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2003) | Jostein Eiane (KrF) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 65 km2 (25 sq mi) |
| • Land | 65 km2 (25 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #413 in Norway |
| Population (2009) | |
| • Total | 3,921 |
| • Rank | #256 in Norway |
| • Density | 51/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  +26% |
| Demonym | Rennesøybu[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1142[3] |
| Website | Official website |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 1,483 | — |
| 1961 | 1,418 | −4.4% |
| 1971 | 2,045 | +44.2% |
| 1981 | 2,363 | +15.6% |
| 1991 | 2,578 | +9.1% |
| 2001 | 3,168 | +22.9% |
| 2011 | 4,202 | +32.6% |
| 2021? | 5,961 | +41.9% |
| 2031? | 7,639 | +28.1% |
| Source: Statistics Norway.[4][5] | ||
Rennesøy is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is part of the region of Ryfylke. The administrative center is the village of Vikevåg.
The parish of Rennesø was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Mosterøy was separated from Rennesøy on 1 July 1884. It was, however, merged back with Rennesøy on 1 January 1965 (but without Kvitsøy).
General information
Name
The Old Norse form of the name was Rennisøy. The meaning of the first element is unknown and the last element is øy which means "island". Before 1918, the name was written "Rennesø".
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 20 February 1981. The arms show two crosiers. In the present municipality one of Norway's oldest and best preserved monasteries, Utstein, is situated. Hence the choice for the crosier.[6]
References
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Projected population – Statistics Norway
- ^ Per 1 January 1965, 1142 Rennesøy and 1143 Mosterøy were merged to one municipality, 1142 Rennesøy.
- ^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Retrieved 12 October 2008.
External links
Media related to Rennesøy at Wikimedia Commons
The dictionary definition of Rennesøy at Wiktionary- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
Rogaland travel guide from Wikivoyage
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