Nærøy Municipality
Nærøy Municipality
Nærøy kommune | |
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| Nærø herred (historic name) | |
View of the Opløfjord in Nærøy | |
Trøndelag within Norway | |
Nærøy within Trøndelag | |
| Coordinates: 64°56′01″N 11°46′47″E / 64.93361°N 11.77972°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Trøndelag |
| District | Namdalen |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 2020 |
| • Succeeded by | Nærøysund Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Kolvereid |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1999-2019) | Steinar Aspli (Sp) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 1,067.54 km2 (412.18 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,013.89 km2 (391.47 sq mi) |
| • Water | 53.65 km2 (20.71 sq mi) 5% |
| • Rank | #96 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 873.58 m (2,866.08 ft) |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 5,072 |
| • Rank | #200 in Norway |
| • Density | 4.8/km2 (12/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +2% |
| Demonym | Nærøyværing |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-5051 |
Nærøy (Urban East Norwegian: [ˈnæ̂ːrœʏ]) is a former municipality of Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020. It is now part of Nærøysund Municipality in the Namdalen region. Norway's smallest town, Kolvereid, was the administrative centre of the municipality. Some villages in Nærøy Municipality included Abelvær, Foldereid, Gravvika, Lund, Ottersøya, Salsbruket, Steine, and Torstad.
At the time of its dissolution in 2020, the 1,068-square-kilometre (412 sq mi) municipality was the 96th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Nærøy was the 200th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 5,072. The municipality's population density was 4.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (12/sq mi) and its population had increased by 2% over the previous decade.