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Herøy.
Herøy is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Herøy. Herøy was separated from Alstahaug in 1862. The new municipality of Nordvik was separated from Herøy on 1 July 1917.
[edit] General information
The municipality is named after the islands of Søndre Herøya and Nordre Herøya (Old Norse: Herøyjar). The first element is herr which means "army" (here in the sense of skipaherr which means "military fleet") and the last element is the plural form of øy which means "island". The sound between the islands was probably a meeting place for the Leidang fleet of the district.[2]
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 3 July 1987. The arms show three gold-colored oars on a blue background. They symbolize the history of boating in the island municipality, and it also a canting of the name of the municipality which means a place where a fleet gathers.[2]
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