Otterøy

Otterøy herred
—  Former Municipality  —
Otterøy herred Location in Nord-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 64°30′39″N 11°17′52″E / 64.51083°N 11.29778°E / 64.51083; 11.29778Coordinates: 64°30′39″N 11°17′52″E / 64.51083°N 11.29778°E / 64.51083; 11.29778
Country	Norway
Region	Trøndelag
County	Nord-Trøndelag
District	Namdalen
Municipality ID	NO-1747
Area[1]
– Total	272 km2 (105 sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+01:00)
– Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+02:00)
Created from	Fosnes in 1913
Merged into	Namdalseid and Namsos in 1964

Otterøy is a former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the present-day municipalities of Namsos and Namdalseid. The former municipality included most of the island of Otterøya, the island of Hoddøya, and some of the mainland southwest of those islands. The area contains good farmland and also good salmon fishing. The main church for the area is Otterøy Church.^[1]

History

The municipality of Otterøy was established on 1 January 1913 when it was split off from the municipality of Fosnes. Initially, Otterøy had a population of 1,631. On 1 January 1964, all of Otterøy that was south of the Namsenfjord, except for the island of Hoddøya, (population: 571) was merged into the municipality of Namdalseid. The rest of Otterøy (population: 1,013) became a part of the municipality of Namsos.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Store norske leksikon. "Otterøy" (in Norwegian). http://snl.no/Otter%C3%B8y. Retrieved 2011-08-13. 
2. ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf.