Nærøy Municipality

former municipality in Trøndelag, Norway

Key facts

Country: Norway
County: Trøndelag
District: Namdalen
Established: 1 Jan 1838
Created as: Formannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished: 1 Jan 2020
Succeeded by: Nærøysund Municipality
Administrative centre: Kolvereid
Mayor 1999 2019: Steinar Aspli ( Sp )
Total: 1,067.54 km (412.18 sq mi)
Land: 1,013.89 km (391.47 sq mi)
Water: 53.65 km (20.71 sq mi) 5%
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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 Municipality 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.