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Nærøy Municipality Nærøy kommune
Former municipality
Nærø herred  (historic name)
View of the Opløfjord in Nærøy
FlagCoat of arms
Trøndelag within Norway
Nærøy within Trøndelag
Coordinates: 64°56′01″N 11°46′47″E / 64.93361°N 11.77972°E / 64.93361; 11.77972
Country	Norway
County	Trøndelag
District	Namdalen
Established	1 Jan 1838
• Created as	Formannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished	1 Jan 2020
• Succeeded by	Nærøysund Municipality
Administrative centre	Kolvereid
Government
• Mayor (1999-2019)	Steinar Aspli (Sp)
Area
• Total	1,067.54 km (412.18 sq mi)
• Land	1,013.89 km (391.47 sq mi)
• Water	53.65 km (20.71 sq mi)  5%
• Rank	#96 in Norway
Highest elevation	873.58 m (2,866.08 ft)
Population
• Total	5,072
• Rank	#200 in Norway
• Density	4.8/km (12/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	+2%
Demonym	Nærøyværing
Official language
• Norwegian form	Bokmål
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-5051
Data from Statistics Norway

Nærøy (Urban East Norwegian: [ˈnæ̂ːrœʏ]) is a former municipality of Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020. It is now part of Nærøysund Municipality in the Namdalen region. Norway's smallest town, Kolvereid, was the administrative centre of the municipality. Some villages in Nærøy Municipality included Abelvær, Foldereid, Gravvika, Lund, Ottersøya, Salsbruket, Steine, and Torstad.

At the time of its dissolution in 2020, the 1,068-square-kilometre (412 sq mi) municipality was the 96th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Nærøy was the 200th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 5,072. The municipality's population density was 4.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (12/sq mi) and its population had increased by 2% over the previous decade.

General information

Nærøy was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). On 1 July 1869, the western island district was separated from Nærøy Municipality to become the new Vikten Municipality. This left Nærøy Municipality with 1,477 residents. On 1 January 1902, an unpopulated area of Kolvereid Municipality was transferred to Nærøy Municipality.

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, a large merger took place. The following areas were merged to form a new, larger Nærøy Municipality:

• all of Nærøy Municipality (population: 2,182)
• all of Gravvik Municipality (population: 816)
• all of Kolvereid Municipality (population: 2,426)
• the western two-thirds of Foldereid Municipality (population: 817)

On 1 January 2018, Nærøy Municipality switched from the old Nord-Trøndelag county to the new Trøndelag county.

On 1 January 2020, most of Nærøy Municipality was merged with the neighboring Vikna Municipality to form the new Nærøysund Municipality. The Lund area in Nærøy Municipality was not part of the merger, however, instead it became part of the newly enlarged Namsos Municipality on the same date.

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the island of Nærøya (Old Norse: Njarðøy) since the Old Nærøy Church was built there. The meaning of the first element is uncertain. It is maybe the stem form of the name of the Norse god Njord (but it is suspicious that it is not in the genitive case). The last element is øy which means "island". Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled Nærøen or Nærø. On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Nærøy.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was granted on 22 May 1987 and they were in use until 1 January 2020 when the municipality was dissolved. The official blazon is "Or, three fleur-de-lis in pall stems conjoined gules" (Norwegian: I gull tre røde liljetopper forent i trepass). This means the arms have a field (background) that has a tincture of Or which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The charge is three conjoined fleur-de-lis aligned in a Y-shaped design. The fleur-de-lis design is red to symbolize the local water lilies which generally have a reddish color. The arms are also based on the seal of King Håkon Magnusson from 1344, on a document in which the King granted several rights to the local farmers. The seal shows St. Mary in a portal decorated with fleur-de-lis, the symbol of St. Mary. The arms were designed by Einar H. Skjervold. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.

Churches

The Church of Norway had four parishes (sokn) within Nærøy Municipality. It is part of the Namdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros.

Geography

The municipality was located in the northwestern part of Trøndelag county, along the Foldafjord. It included the islands of Austra and Gjerdinga and the Kvingra peninsula. Several large lakes were located in the municipality including Mjosundvatnet, Salvatnet, and Storvatnet. The highest point in the municipality was the 873.58-metre (2,866.1 ft) tall mountain Fuglstadfjellet on the border with Bindal Municipality to the north.

Government

While it existed, Nærøy Municipality was responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, welfare and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council. The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the Namdal District Court and the Frostating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Nærøy was made up of 27 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political party.

Mayors

The mayor (Norwegian: ordfører) of Nærøy was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who held this position:

• 1837–1839: Paul Anzjøn
• 1840–1841: Knud Grimstad
• 1842–1843: Lorns H. Lyngsnes
• 1844–1847: Gerhard Willemsen Iversen
• 1848–1849: Matheus Anzjøn
• 1850–1851: Conrad M. Anzjøn
• 1852–1855: Christian Sverdrup
• 1856–1857: Arendt Lund
• 1858–1859: Fredrik Jensen Storval
• 1860–1861: Conrad M. Anzjøn
• 1862–1863: Ole Thomassen Thorland
• 1864–1865: Fredrik Jensen Storval
• 1866–1868: Peder C. Lund
• 1869–1871: Christian Sverdrup
• 1872–1873: Ole Thomassen Thorland
• 1874–1875: Peter Andreas Strand
• 1876–1879: Peter Olaus Varø
• 1880–1883: Johan Pedersen Laugen (V)
• 1884–1885: Bernt O. Søraa
• 1886–1889: Johan Pedersen Laugen (V)
• 1890–1891: Johan Eliassen Storvedde (V)
• 1892–1895: Georg Brandtzæg (H)
• 1896–1897: Nils Halvorsen Sandnes (H)
• 1898–1904: Georg Nordrum (H)
• 1905-1905: Nils Halvorsen Sandnes (H)
• 1905–1916: Nils Christian Brandtzæg (H)
• 1917–1919: Julian Knotten (V)
• 1920–1922: Nils Christian Brandtzæg (H)
• 1923–1928: Axel Sund (V)
• 1929–1940: Olav Bog (V)
• 1941–1943: Jens Christian Williksen (NS)
• 1943–1945: Meier Jensen (NS)
• 1945-1945: Olav Bog (V)
• 1946–1947: Jens Folkestad (Bp)
• 1948–1951: Martin Strandvahl (V)
• 1952–1955: Haakon Sandnes (Bp)
• 1956–1957: Martin Strandvahl (V)
• 1958-1958: Arnvid Førde (Bp)
• 1959–1961: Kåre Hildrum (Bp)
• 1962–1967: Arne Løvmo (V)
• 1968–1969: Birger Øverås (Sp)
• 1970–1971: Ebbe Skillingstad (Sp)
• 1972–1975: Arne Ness (Ap)
• 1976–1979: Kåre Aarmo (KrF)
• 1980–1983: Odd Bach (Sp)
• 1984–1989: Åsmund Rønningen (Ap)
• 1990–1998: Hans Mo (Sp)
• 1998–2019: Steinar Aspli (Sp)

Transportation

Norwegian County Road 17 crossed the northeastern part of the municipality. There was a large network of bridges in the municipality that connected the islands and crossed the fjords. Most notably was the Marøysund Bridge and Nærøysund Bridge which connected Nærøy Municipality to Vikna Municipality to the west. Also Hestøy Bridge and Smines Bridge connected the village of Lund to Fosnes Municipality to the south.

Media gallery

• Skrøyvstad waterfall in Nærøy
• View of Mjøsund
• Torfjellet; pine clad hills and narrow bays and fjords are typical here
• Panorama of the Langnes area in Salsbruket
• View of the Nærøysund Bridge

See also

• Hundhammerfjellet wind farm
• List of former municipalities of Norway

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v t e Trøndelag county, Norway
Main article: Trøndelag Capital: Steinkjer County government: Trøndelag County Municipality County lists: County Governors Villages Churches
	Towns and cities	Trondheim (997) Røros (1683) Namsos (1845) Steinkjer (1857) Levanger (1836-1961, 1997) Stjørdalshalsen (1997) Verdalsøra (1998) Kolvereid (2002) Brekstad (2005) Orkanger (2014) Rørvik (2020)
	Municipalities	Namdalen Flatanger Grong Høylandet Leka Lierne Namsos Namsskogan Nærøysund Overhalla Røyrvik Innherred Frosta Inderøy Levanger Snåsa Steinkjer Verdal Fosen Frøya Heim Hitra Indre Fosen Osen Ørland Åfjord Gauldalen/Trondheim Holtålen Malvik Melhus Midtre Gauldal Røros Trondheim Orkdalen Oppdal Orkland Rennebu Rindal Skaun Stjørdalen/Neadalen Meråker Selbu Stjørdal Tydal
	Former Municipalities in Trøndelag Trøndelag   Agdenes (1896-2020) Bjugn (1853-2020) Fosnes (1838-2020) Hemne (1838-2020) Klæbu (1838-2020) Meldal (1838-2020) Namdalseid (1838-2020) Nærøy (1838-2020) Orkdal (1838-2020) Roan (1892-2020) Snillfjord (1924-2020) Verran (1901-2020) Vikna (1869-2020) Nord-Trøndelag   Beitstad (1838-1964) Egge (1869-1964) Foldereid (1886-1964) Frol (1856-1962) Gravvik (1909-1964) Harran (1823-1964) Hegra (1874-1962) Klinga (1891-1964) Kolvereid (1838-1964) Kvam (1909-1964) Leksvik (1838-2018) Lånke (1902-1962) Malm (1913-1964) Mosvik og Verran (1867-1901) Mosvik (1901-2012) Nedre Stjørdalen (1850-1902) Nordli (1915-1964) Ogndal (1885-1964) Otterøy (1913-1964) Røra (1907-1962) Sandvollan (1907-1962) Skatval (1902-1962) Skogn (1838-1962) Sparbu (1838-1964) Stjørdalen (1838-1850) Stod (1838-1964) Sørli (1915-1964) Vemundvik (1838-1964) Ytterøy (1838-1964) Øvre Stjørdalen (1850-1874) Åsen (1838-1962) Sør-Trøndelag   Bjørnør (1838-1892) Brekken (1926-1964) Budal (1879-1964) Buvik (1855-1965) Byneset (1838-1964) Børsa (1838-1965) Fillan (1886-1964) Flå (1880-1964) Geitastrand (1905-1963) Glåmos (1926-1964) Haltdalen (1838-1972) Heim (1911-1964) Horg (1841-1964) Hølonda (1865-1964) Jøssund (1896-1964) Kvenvær (1913-1964) Leinstrand (1838-1964) Lensvik (1905-1964) Nes (1899-1964) Nord-Frøya (1906-1964) Orkanger (1920-1963) Orkland (1920-1963) Rissa (1860-2018) Røros landsogn (1926-1964) Sandstad (1914-1964) Singsås (1841-1964) Soknedal (1841-1964) Stadsbygd (1838-1964) Stjørna (1899-1964) Stoksund (1892-1964) Strinda (1838-1964) Støren (1838-1964) Sør-Frøya (1906-1964) Tiller (1899-1964) Vinje (1924-1964) Ålen (1855-1972) Note: The former counties of Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag were merged to form Trøndelag county on 1 January 2018.

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