Finnøy
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| County | Rogaland | |
| District | Ryfylke | |
| Municipality | ||
| Administrative centre | Judaberg | |
| Mayor (2006) | Jorunn Strand Vestbø (Sp) | |
| Official language form | Nynorsk | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage | 104 Square kilometre>km² 103 km² 0.03 % | |
| Population - Total (as of 2004>2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density | Ranked 285 2,809 0.06 % 0.0 % 27/km² | |
| Coordinates | ||
| [www.finnoy.kommune.no] [Data from Statistics Norway] | ||
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.
Finnøy was at the top of its power in the middle of the fourteenth century when the King's representative Ogmund Finnson 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.
| Municipalities of Rogaland |
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| Bjerkreim | Bokn | Eigersund | Finnøy | Forsand | Gjesdal | Haugesund | Hjelmeland | Hå | Karmøy | Klepp | Kvitsøy | Lund | Randaberg | Rennesøy | Sandnes | Sauda | Sokndal | Sola | Stavanger | Strand | Suldal | Time | Tysvær | Utsira | Vindafjord | |
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