Nærøy
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| Nærøy kommune | |||
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| Coordinates (city): 64°56′1″N 11°46′47″E / 64.93361°N 11.77972°ECoordinates: 64°56′1″N 11°46′47″E / 64.93361°N 11.77972°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Nord-Trøndelag | ||
| District | Namdalen | ||
| Municipality ID | NO-1751 | ||
| Administrative centre | Kolvereid | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor (2005) | Steinar Aspli (Sp) | ||
| Area (Nr. 95 in Norway) | |||
| - Total | 1,066 km2 (411.6 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 1,011 km2 (390.3 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| - Total | 5,240 | ||
| - Density | 5/km2 (12.9/sq mi) | ||
| - Change (10 years) | -4.7 % | ||
| - Rank in Norway | 186 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Official language form | Bokmål | ||
| Norwegian demonym | Nærøyværing[1] | ||
| Website | www.naroy.kommune.no | ||
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Nærøy is a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway.
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[edit] History and geography
Nærøy is part of the Namdalen region. Norway's smallest town, Kolvereid is the administration centre of the municipality.
Nærøy was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Vikna was separated from Nærøy on 1 July 1869. The municipalities of Foldereid, Gravvik, and Kolvereid were merged with Nærøy on 1 January 1964.
[edit] General information
[edit] Name
The Old Norse form of the name was Njarðøy. The first element is maybe the stem form of the name of the Norse god Njord (but it is suspicious that it is not in the genitive case). 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 May 1987. The arms are 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 the St. Mary in a portal decorated with fleur-de-lis, the symbol of the St. Mary. The arms show a combination of three fleur-de-lis, the colour was chosen as red, as the local water lilies generally have a red color.[2]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskriving_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn.
- ^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/n/naeroy.htm. Retrieved 13 November 2008.
[edit] External links
Media related to Nærøy at Wikimedia Commons
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