Municipality in Nordland, Norway
Municipality in Nordland, Norway
Herøy
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
Silvalen
. The municipality is located about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) west of the town of
Sandnessjøen
.
The 64-square-kilometre (25 sq mi) municipality is the 343rd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Herøy is the 289th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,839. The municipality's
population density
is 28.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (75/sq mi) and its population has increased by 4.5% over the previous 10-year period.
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General information
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The municipality of Herøy was established in 1864 when it was separated from
Alstahaug Municipality
. Initially the population of Herøy was 2,438. On 1 July 1917, the northern district of Herøy (population: 1,530) was separated from Herøy to become the new municipality of
Nordvik
. This left Herøy with 2,555 residents.
During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the
Schei Committee
. On 1 January 1962 the part of Herøy on the
island of Dønna
(population: 19) was transferred to the new municipality of
Dønna
. On 1 January 1965 the
Husvær
/
Sandværet
island groups (population: 461) were transferred from
Alstahaug
to Herøy.
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Name
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The municipality (originally the
parish
) is named after the
islands
of
Søndre Herøya
and
Nordre Herøya
(
Old Norse
:
Herøyjar
). The first element is
herr
which means "
army
" (here in the sense of
skipaherr
which means "
military
fleet
"). The last element is the
definite
form of
øy
which means "
island
". The
sound
between the islands was probably a meeting place for the
Leidang
fleet of the district.
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Historically, the name of the municiaplity was spelled
Herø
. On 6 January 1908, a
royal resolution
changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to
Herøy
.
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Coat of arms
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The
coat of arms
was granted on 3 July 1987. The official
blazon
is
"
Azure
, three oars
Or
issuant
from the base, the central one
abased
"
(
Norwegian
:
I blatt tre oppvoksende gull arer, den midterste nedsenket
). This means the arms have a blue
field
(background) and the
charge
is three vertical
oars
arranged in a horizontal row, with the middle oar, slightly lower. The oars have a
tincture
of
Or
which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The blue color in the field symbolizes the importance of the ocean for the island municipality. The oar was chosen to represent the importance of boats. The municipal name comes from the Old Norse word "herr" which means a military meeting place, i.e. the place where fleet gathers. Thus the arms are
canting
. The arms were designed by Jarle E. Henriksen.
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Churches
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The
Church of Norway
has one parish (
sokn
) within the municipality of Herøy. It is part of the
Nord-Helgeland prosti
(
deanery
) in the
Diocese of Sør-Halogaland
.
Geography
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The municipality of Herøy consists of about 1,700 little islands and islets. The main islands are
Nord-Herøy
,
Sør-Herøy
,
Tenna
,
Ytre Øksningan
,
Indre Øksningan
,
Seløya
, and
Staulen
— all of which are connected by bridges including
Akviksundet Bridge
,
Hoholmen Bridge
,
Kalvøyrevet Bridge
. Most islands are low and close to the sea surface.
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There are also several smaller outlying island groups such as
Gasvær
,
Husvær
, and
Sandværet
.
Ytterholmen Lighthouse
is located in the far western part of the municipality.
Government
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All municipalities in Norway are responsible for
primary education
(through 10th grade), outpatient
health services
,
senior citizen
services,
welfare
and other
social services
,
zoning
,
economic development
, and municipal
roads
and utilities. The municipality is governed by a
municipal council
of
directly elected
representatives. The
mayor
is
indirectly elected
by a vote of the municipal council.
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The municipality is under the jurisdiction of the
Helgeland District Court
and the
Halogaland Court of Appeal
.
Municipal council
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The
municipal council
(
Kommunestyre
) of Herøy is made up of 19 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The tables below show the current and historical composition of the council by political
party
.
Mayors
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The
mayors
(
Norwegian
:
ordfører
) of Herøy (incomplete list):
- 2003-2019: Arnt Frode Jensen (
Ap
)
- 2019?present: Elbjørg Larsen (
Ap
)
Economy
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The main industries in the municipality is
fishing
,
fish farming
and processing activities associated with this. Other important industries are
agriculture
, transportation, service industries, and
tourism
.
Notable people
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References
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2020
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2020
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(PDF)
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(PDF)
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2020
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