Jeløy
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Jeløy (until 1920 named Moss herred - Moss rural district) is a former municipality in Østfold county, Norway.
Jeløy was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). It was merged with the urban municipality of Moss on July 1, 1943.
The old municipality consisted of the Jeløya peninsula/island as well as the mainland rural district surrounding Moss city.
[edit] The name
The Norse forms of the name were Jalund and Jǫlund. The last element is the suffix -und (which is common in old Norwegian names of islands), but the meaning of the first element is unknown.
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