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==General information== [[File:Seaport.png|left|thumb|Part of the inner seaport in the town of Sauda]] [[File:Saudafjorden.png|thumb|left|View of the narrow Sauda fjord]] The municipality of Sauda was established in 1842 when it was separated from the large municipality of [[Suldal]]. Initially, Sauda had a population of 1,584. The municipal boundaries have never changed.<ref name="Dag">{{Cite book |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |publisher=[[Statistics Norway|Statistisk sentralbyrå]] |year=1999 |isbn=9788253746845 |language=no}}</ref> The municipality declared the urban area of [[Sauda (town)|Sauda]] as a [[List of towns and cities in Norway|city]] in 1999.<ref name="snl1">{{Cite web |last=Store norske leksikon |author-link=Store norske leksikon |title=Sauda - tettstedet |url=https://snl.no/Sauda%2Ftettstedet |access-date=2015-05-11 |language=no}}</ref> ===Name=== The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old ''[[Saudasjøen|Sauda]]'' farm ({{langx|non|Sauðar}}) since the first [[Sauda Church]] was built there. The farm is now part of the village of [[Saudasjøen]]. The name seems to come from the word {{wikt-lang|non|sauðr}} which means "[[sheep]]", however, the same word is also the singular past indicative of the verb {{wikt-lang|non|sjóða}} which means "to seethe" or "to boil", possibly referring to a [[spring (hydrosphere)|spring]] of water.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u4pBAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Stavanger amt |date=1915 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=10 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=354 and 356 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref> Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Søvde'' or ''Saude''. On 3 November 1917, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Sauda''.<ref>{{Cite journal |year=1917 |title=Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1917. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2015102381014_001 |journal=[[Norsk Lovtidend]] |language=no |location=Kristiania, Norge |publisher=Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri |pages=1057–1065}}</ref> ===Coat of arms=== The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 14 May 1976. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]], three [[Pale (heraldry)|pallets]] [[dancetty]] [[argent]]"'' ({{langx|no|I blått en vertical sølv trillingstreng med bredtannet snitt}}). This means the arms have a blue [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a set of three, vertical, jagged lines. The charge 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 jagged lines symbolically represent a [[river]] as a means for [[hydroelectricity]] (they can also be seen as "electrical sparks"). Historically, power was generated by [[watermill]]s, providing a possibility for the development of an [[Industrial sector|industry]] in the village. Presently, the power is used for melting metal [[ore]] in [[smelting|smelters]] in the municipality. The arms were designed by Johan Matland. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Sauda |access-date=2023-07-03 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sauda, Rogaland (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-11-35.html |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1976-05-14 |title=Forskrift om herredsvåpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1976-05-14-6 |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref> ===Churches=== The [[Church of Norway]] has one parish ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Sauda. It is part of the [[Ryfylke prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Stavanger]]. {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Sauda''''' !Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built |- |rowspan="2"|Sauda||[[Sauda Church]]||[[Sauda (town)|Sauda]]||1866 |- |[[Saudasjøen Chapel]]||[[Saudasjøen]]||1973 |}
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