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Aldersundet strait and
Aldra island; October 8 2005
The island
Lovund with its
puffin colony is located in Lurøy
Aldersundet, October 2005
Lurøy 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 Lurøy. Lurøy was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The new municipality of Træna was separated from Lurøy in 1872.
The municipality is located on the coast just south of the arctic circle, on the western edge of Saltfjellet. The Lurøygården (Lurøy Farm) is a more than 200 year old renaissance garden with old plants, a pool, and a nearly 20 meter high Copper Beech.
[edit] General information
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the island of Lurøya (Old Norse: Lúðrøy), since the first church was built there. The first element is lúðr which means "hollowed log" (here probably referring to the form of the mountain of the island), the last element is øy which means "island".
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 22 August 1986. The arms show a buoy, an appropriate symbol for a municipality which is dependent on fishing and sailing.[2]
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[edit] External links
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