Sandøy Municipality
Sandøy Municipality
Sandøy kommune | |
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| Sandø herred (historic name) | |
View of the village of Ona | |
Møre og Romsdal within Norway | |
Sandøy within Møre og Romsdal | |
| Coordinates: 62°45′40″N 06°27′5″E / 62.76111°N 6.45139°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Møre og Romsdal |
| District | Romsdal |
| Established | 1 Jan 1867 |
| • Preceded by | Akerø Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 2020 |
| • Succeeded by | Ålesund Municipality and Aukra Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Steinshamn |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2015-2019) | Oddvar Myklebust (Ap) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 21.43 km2 (8.27 sq mi) |
| • Land | 21.36 km2 (8.25 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.07 km2 (0.03 sq mi) 0.3% |
| • Rank | #416 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 156.2 m (512.5 ft) |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 1,238 |
| • Rank | #373 in Norway |
| • Density | 57.8/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −5.3% |
| Demonym | Sandøying |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1546 |
Sandøy is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The 21-square-kilometre (8.1 sq mi) municipality existed from 1867 until its dissolution in 2020. The area is now divided between Aukra Municipality and Ålesund Municipality on the border of the traditional districts of Romsdal and Sunnmøre. The administrative centre was the village of Steinshamn. Other villages included Ona and Myklebust.
Prior to its dissolution in 2020, the 21.43-square-kilometre (8.27 sq mi) municipality was the 416th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Sandøy Municipality was the 373rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,238. The municipality's population density was 57.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (150/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 5.3% over the previous 10-year period.
The municipality was spread out over many islands in the mouth of the vast Romsdal Fjord. The Flatflesa Lighthouse and Ona Lighthouse protect the boats traveling around the municipality. The Nordøy Fixed Link project was constructed from 2018 until 2023 and it included three undersea tunnels and several bridges that connected the main islands of Sandøy Municipality and the islands of Haram Municipality to the mainland.