Nærøy
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| Nærøy kommune | |||
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| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Nord-Trøndelag | ||
| District | Namdalen | ||
| Municipality ID | NO-1751 | ||
| Administrative centre | Kolvereid | ||
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| - 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 | ||
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| Website: www.naroy.kommune.no | |||
Nærøy is a municipality in the county of Nord-Trøndelag, Norway.
Nærøy was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Vikna was separated from Nærøy July 1, 1869. The municipalities of Foldereid, Gravvik and Kolvereid were merged with Nærøy January 1, 1964.
Norway's smallest town, Kolvereid is the administration centre of the municipality.
[edit] Name
The 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 f 'island'.
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from 1987, but is inspired by an old seal from the 14th century for the district Ytre Namdal.
[edit] See also
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