Edøy Municipality
Edøy Municipality
Edøy herad | |
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| Edø herred (historic name) | |
View of the Edøy Church | |
Møre og Romsdal within Norway | |
Edøy within Møre og Romsdal | |
| Coordinates: 63°20′02″N 08°03′56″E / 63.33389°N 8.06556°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Møre og Romsdal |
| District | Nordmøre |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1960 |
| • Succeeded by | Smøla Municipality |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1948-1959) | Ove Gjernes (V) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 150.6 km2 (58.1 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #445 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 69.62 m (228.41 ft) |
| Population (1959) | |
• Total | 1,115 |
| • Rank | #629 in Norway |
| • Density | 7.4/km2 (19/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −4.5% |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1573 |
Edøy is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1960. It was located in the southern and central parts of the present-day Smøla Municipality. The old municipality originally encompassed all the islands surrounding the Edøyfjorden. This included the islands of Smøla, Tustna, Stabblandet, and the many smaller islands between the larger ones. The island of Edøya lies between the two and that was the center of the old municipality. Over time, parts of Edøy were split off to form other municipalities. At the time it was dissolved, Edøy Municipality was 150.6 square kilometres (58.1 sq mi). The Old Edøy Church and later the (new) Edøy Church were the main churches for the municipality.
Prior to its dissolution in 1960, the 150.6-square-kilometre (58.1 sq mi) municipality was the 445th largest by area out of the 743 municipalities in Norway. Edøy Municipality was the 629th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,115. The municipality's population density was 7.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (19/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 4.5% over the previous 5-year period.