Finnøy

Finnøy kommune
Municipality
View of the shorelines of Ombo in Finnøy
Coat of arms Rogaland within Norway
Finnøy within Rogaland
Coordinates: 59°09′53″N 05°49′46″E / 59.16472°N 5.82944°E / 59.16472; 5.82944Coordinates: 59°09′53″N 05°49′46″E / 59.16472°N 5.82944°E / 59.16472; 5.82944
Country	Norway
County	Rogaland
District	Ryfylke
Administrative centre	Judaberg
Government
• Mayor (2015)	Henrik Halleland (KrF)
Area
• Total	104.41 km2 (40.31 sq mi)
• Land	102.90 km2 (39.73 sq mi)
• Water	1.51 km2 (0.58 sq mi)
Area rank	379 in Norway
Population (2015)
• Total	3,147
• Rank	262 in Norway
• Density	30.6/km2 (79/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	13.5% %
Demonym(s)	Finnøying
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1141
Official language form	Nynorsk
Website	www.finnoy.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Finnøy is an island municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Ryfylke. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Judaberg.

The municipality consists of a number of islands on the south side of the Boknafjorden, about 24 kilometres (15 mi) northeast of the city of Stavanger. The Finnøy Tunnel connects the two islands of Finnøy and Talgje to the mainland. The rest of the islands are accessible only by boat.

Finnøy is an agricultural community dominated by dairy, meat, poultry, and fish farming products, with strong horticultural traditions, mainly greenhouse production of tomatoes, as well as some tourism.

The parish of Finnø was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). It originally encompassed the islands of Finnøy, Talgje, and Fogn as well as the small surrounding islets and the southeastern-most corner of the island of Rennesøy. On 1 January 1918, the part of Finnøy located on the island of Rennesøy (population: 72) was transferred from Finnøy to the neighboring municipality of Rennesøy.