Herøy, Møre og Romsdal

Infobox_Kommune
name=Herøy
idnumber=1515
county=Møre og Romsdal
landscape=Sunnmøre
capital=Fosnavåg
governor=Arnulf Goksøyr (H)
governor_as_of=2003
arearank=372
area=135
arealand=118
areapercent=0.04
population_as_of=April 2008
populationrank=
population=8,338
populationpercent=0.18
populationdensity=71
populationincrease=0.8
demonym=Herøværing
language=Nynorsk
lat_deg=62| lat_min=21| lat_sec=20| lon_deg=5| lon_min=32| lon_sec=40
utm_zone=32V| utm_northing=6918572 |utm_easting=0321183| geo_cat=adm2nd




munwebpage=www.heroy.kommune.no

Herøy is a municipality in the county of Møre og Romsdal, Norway.

Herøy was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Sande was separated from Herøy 1867.

Geography

The main population and administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Fosnavåg, located on the island of Bergsøya. Herøy consists of eight islands, among them Runde, notable for its large seabird colonies and Skorpa, famous for its role as a station for the Shetland bus.

The Herøyfjord bisects Herøy municipality. A fishing station, Flåvær is located on a group of islets and skerries in the Herøyfjord, It includes the islets "Flåvær", "Husholmen", "Torvholmen" and "Varholmen" ["Flåvær" light house is located on "Varholmen".] .

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after a archipelago of small islands (Old Norse "Herøyjar"). For the meaning of the first element see Herøy, Nordland, the last element is the plural form of "øy" f 'island'.

Until 1918 the name was written "Herø".

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from 1987. It shows two stems, which represent the 7th century Kvalsund boats found in the municipality.

External links

* [http://www.insel-runde.de The Bird Island of Runde (German language website)]
* [http://www.heroy.kommune.no/ Herøy Kommune (Norwegian)]

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