Dyrøy
| Dyrøy kommune | |||
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| Coordinates: 69°4′1″N 17°44′29″E / 69.06694°N 17.74139°ECoordinates: 69°4′1″N 17°44′29″E / 69.06694°N 17.74139°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Troms | ||
| District | Midt-Troms | ||
| Administrative centre | Brøstadbotn | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor (1995) | Rolf Espenes (Ap) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 288.61 km2 (111.43 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 277.40 km2 (107.10 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 11.21 km2 (4.33 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 282 in Norway | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • Total | 1,233 | ||
| • Rank | 385 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 4.3/km2 (11/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | -7.8 % | ||
| Demonym | Dyrøyværing[1] | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1926 | ||
| Official language form | Bokmål | ||
| Website | www.dyroy.kommune.no | ||
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Dyrøy (Northern Sami: Divrráid suohkan) is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Brøstadbotn. The municipality is named after the island of Dyrøya, which is connected with the mainland with the modern Dyrøy Bridge. Most people, however, don't live on the island, but live in Brøstadbotn on the mainland.[2]
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[edit] General information
The municipality of Dyrøy was established on 1 September 1886, when it was separated from the municipality of Tranøy. The initial population of Dyrøy was 1,281. On 1 January 1964, the parts of Tranøy on the mainland (population: 382) were transferred to Dyrøy.[3]
[edit] Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the island of Dyrøya (Old Norse: Dýrøy), since the first church was built there. The first element is dýr which means "deer" (specifically reindeer) and the last element is øy which means "island". Prior to 1909, the name was written Dyrø.
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 4 April 1986. The arms show a fox, especially a so-called platinum-fox, a typical type of the silver polar fox. This type of fox is first bred in the area around Dyrøy and was first shown in 1933.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/nb-no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskrivning_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn/.
- ^ "Dyrøy" (in Norwegian). http://www.dyroy.kommune.no/index.php?&id=33377&cat=2082&showid=135&startslide=9&nf=1.
- ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf.
- ^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/d/dyroy.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-01.
[edit] External links
Media related to Dyrøy at Wikimedia Commons
The Wiktionary entry for dyrøy- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
- Troms travel guide from Wikitravel
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