Nærøy () is a former municipality of

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; or is a county and coextensive with the Trøndelag region (also known as ''Midt-Norge'' or ''Midt-Noreg,'' "Mid-Norway") in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County (); in 1804 the county was ...

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. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020. It is now part of

Nærøysund Municipality Nærøysund is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Namdalen. The municipality was established on 1 January 2020 after the mer ...

in the

Namdalen Namdalen () is a Districts of Norway, traditional district in the central part of Norway, consisting of the municipalities of Namsos Municipality, Namsos, Grong Municipality, Grong, Overhalla Municipality, Overhalla, Røyrvik Municipality, Røyr ...

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. Norway's smallest

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Kolvereid Kolvereid is a town in Nærøysund Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The town of Kolvereid is located at the west end of the Kolvereidvågen bay, off of the inner part of the Foldafjord. The Norwegian County Road 770 runs through the t ...

, was the

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of the municipality. Some villages in Nærøy Municipality included Abelvær,

Foldereid Foldereid is a village in Nærøysund Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located near the inner part of the Folda, Trøndelag, Folda fjord, the ''Innerfolda'', just south of the border with Nordland county. The Norwegian ...

, Gravvika,

Lund Lund (, ;"Lund"
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, Ottersøya,

Salsbruket Salsbruket is a village in Nærøysund Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located at the end of the Oppløyfjorden, at the mouth of the river Oppløyelva. A sawmill lies in the eastern part of the village, the Oplø area in ...

, Steine, and Torstad. At the time of its dissolution in 2020, the 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

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was 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 () was the name of a Norwegian self-governing municipality. The name was used from the establishment these municipalities in 1838 until the name fell out of use in 1863. The municipalities had their legal basis from two laws enacted on 14 Jan ...

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 The Schei Committee () was a committee named by the Government of Norway to look into the organization of municipalities in Norway post-World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a ...

. 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 Gravvik is a former municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1909 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality covered the northern coastal areas of the present-day Nærøysund Municipality in Tr� ...

(population: 816) *all of Kolvereid Municipality (population: 2,426) *the western two-thirds of

Foldereid Municipality Foldereid is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in the northern part of the old Nord-Trøndelag county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1886 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality encompassed the area ...

(population: 817) On 1 January 2018, Nærøy Municipality switched from the old

Nord-Trøndelag Nord-Trøndelag (; "North Trøndelag") was a counties of Norway, county constituting the northern part of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Sør-Trøndelag ("South Trøndelag") county as well as the county of Nordl ...

county to the new

county. On 1 January 2020, most of Nærøy Municipality was merged with the neighboring

Vikna Municipality Vikna is a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The island municipality existed from 1869 until its dissolution in 2020. It is now part of Nærøysund Municipality in the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipalit ...

to form the new

. The

Lund Lund (, ;"Lund"
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area in Nærøy Municipality was not part of the merger, however, instead it became part of the newly enlarged

Namsos Municipality (Norwegian language, Norwegian) or is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is t ...

on the same date.

Name

The municipality (originally the

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) is named after the island of

Nærøya Nærøya is an island in Nærøysund Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The island lies along the southern entrance to the Nærøysundet strait, about south of the town of Rørvik. The Old Nærøy Church is located on the island, which ...

() since the

Old Nærøy Church Old Nærøy Church ( or ) is a former parish church of the Church of Norway in Nærøysund Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located on the small island of Nærøya. It was once the main church for the Nærøy parish which is part ...

was built there. The meaning of the first element is uncertain. It is maybe the stem form of the name of the

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'' Njord'' (but it is suspicious that it is not in the

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). The last element is which means "

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". 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

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was granted on 22 May 1987 and they were in use until 1 January 2020 when the municipality was dissolved. The official

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is ''" Or, three

fleur-de-lis The ''fleur-de-lis'', also spelled ''fleur-de-lys'' (plural ''fleurs-de-lis'' or ''fleurs-de-lys''), is a common heraldic charge in the (stylized) shape of a lily (in French, and mean and respectively). Most notably, the ''fleur-de-lis'' ...

in pall stems conjoined

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"'' (). This means the arms have a

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(background) that has a

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of Or which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The

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is three conjoined

aligned in a Y-shaped design. The fleur-de-lis design is red to symbolize the local

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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

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in a portal decorated with

, 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

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had four parishes () within Nærøy Municipality. It is part of the

Namdal prosti This list of churches in Nidaros is a list of the Church of Norway churches in the Diocese of Nidaros in Norway. It includes all of the parishes in Trøndelag county. The diocese is based at the Nidaros Cathedral in the city of Trondheim (city), T ...

(

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) in the

Diocese of Nidaros Nidaros is a diocese in the Lutheran Church of Norway. It covers Trøndelag county in Central Norway and its cathedral city is Trondheim, which houses the well-known Nidaros Cathedral. Since 10 September 2017, the Bishop of Nidaros is Herborg ...

Geography

The municipality was located in the northwestern part of

county, along the

Folda Folda may refer to: Places * Folda, Angus, a hamlet in Angus, Scotland * Folda, Nordland, a fjord in Nordland county, Norway * Folda (Rindal), a river in Møre og Romsdal and Trøndelag counties in Norway * Folda, Trøndelag Folda is a firth ...

fjord. It included the islands of

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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 tall mountain Fuglstadfjellet on the border with

Bindal Municipality Bindal is a municipality in the Helgeland region in the extreme southwest part of Nordland county, Norway. The administrative centre is the village of Terråk. Other villages include Bindalseidet, Holm, Vassås, Horsfjord and Åbygda. The ...

to the north.

Government

While it existed, Nærøy Municipality was responsible for

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(through 10th grade), outpatient

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services,

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and other

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, and municipal

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s and utilities. The municipality was governed by a

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of directly elected representatives. The

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was

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by a vote of the municipal council. The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the

Namdal District Court Namdal District Court () was a district court in Trøndelag county, Norway. The court was based in the town of Namsos in Namsos Municipality. The court existed until 2021. It served the municipalities of Flatanger, Fosnes, Grong, Høylandet, ...

and the

Frostating Court of Appeal The Frostating Court of Appeal () is one of six courts of appeal in the Kingdom of Norway. The Court is located in the city of Trondheim. The court has jurisdiction over the counties of Trøndelag and Møre og Romsdal. These areas constitute the ...

Municipal council

The

() 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

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Mayors

The

() 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 County Road 17 (), also known as the Coastal Highway (), is a Norwegian highway that runs from the town of Bodø in Nordland county (in the north) to the town of Steinkjer in Trøndelag county (in the south). It is long and includes six ferry ...

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 The Marøysund Bridge () is a cantilever bridge in Nærøysund Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The bridge crosses the Marøysundet strait and the island of Buskholmen to connect the mainland to the island of Marøya. Together with the ...

and

Nærøysund Bridge The Nærøysund Bridge () is a suspension bridge that crosses the Nærøysundet strait between the islands of Marøya and Inner-Vikna in Nærøysund Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is ...

which connected Nærøy Municipality to

to the west. Also Hestøy Bridge and Smines Bridge connected the village of

Lund Lund (, ;"Lund"
(US) and ) is a city in the provinces of Sweden, province of Scania, southern Swed ...

Fosnes Municipality Fosnes is a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was merged into Namsos Municipality. It was part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the muni ...

to the south.

Media gallery

Skrøyvstadfossen.jpg, Skrøyvstad waterfall in Nærøy Mjøsund.jpg, View of Mjøsund Torfjellet.jpg, Torfjellet; pine clad hills and narrow bays and fjords are typical here Langnes small craft harbor.jpg, Panorama of the Langnes area in Salsbruket Nærøysund bridge.jpg, View of the

References

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General information

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Coat of arms

Churches

Geography

Government

Municipal council

Mayors

Transportation

Media gallery

See also

References