Edøy

Edøy herad
—  Former Municipality  —
Edøy
Location in Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates:
Country Norway
Region Western Norway
County Møre og Romsdal
Municipality ID NO-1573
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Created as Formannskapsdistrikt in 1838
Merged into Smøla in 1960

Edøy is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the southern part of the present-day municipality of Smøla.

History

The municipality of Edø (later spelled Edøy) was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). A royal resolution of 3 May 1873 directed that the southern Tustern parish be separated from Edøy to create a separate municipality. This happened on 1 January 1874, leaving Edøy with 2,166 inhabitants. On 1 January 1915, the districts of Hopen and Brattvær were separated from Edøy to create separate municipalities. This split left Edøy with a population of 973. On 1 January 1960, the 1915 partition was reversed, reuniting the municipalities Brattvær, Edøy, and Hopen under the new name of Smøla. Prior to the merger, Edøy had a population of 1,135.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ "Administrasjonshistorisk oversyn for Tustna kommune" (in Norwegian). http://asp.ikamr.no/Kommunehistorikk/tustna.htm. Retrieved 2006-10-19. 
  2. ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf.