Editing Averøy Municipality (section)

==General information==
[[File:By the Atlantic Ocean Road.jpg|thumb|left|View of northwestern Averøy]]
The municipality of Averøy was established on 1 January 1964 when all of [[Kvernes Municipality]] (population: 693), most of [[Kornstad Municipality]] (population: 1,356), and most of [[Bremsnes Municipality]] (population: 3,153) were merged to form the new Averøy Municipality. On 1 January 1983, the small island of Eldhusøya and the small surrounding islands were transferred from [[Eide Municipality]] to Averøy Municipality.<ref name="Dag">{{Cite book |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |publisher=[[Statistics Norway|Statistisk sentralbyrå]] |year=1999 |isbn=9788253746845 |language=no}}</ref>

===Name===
The municipality is named after the island of [[Averøya]] (historically called ''Averøy''; {{langx|non|Afrey}}) since it is the main island in the municipality. The first element is unknown, but it could possibly come from {{lang|non|afr}} which means "great" or "big". The last element comes from the word {{wikt-lang|non|ey}} which means "[[island]]".<ref name="snl" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=691LAQAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Romsdals amt |date=1908 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=13 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=325 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 4 April 1986. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Gules]], three downwards-pointing arrowheads [[Or (heraldry)|Or]]"'' ({{langx|no|I rødt tre nedvendte gull pilspisser}}). This means the arms have a red [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is three downwards-pointing [[arrowhead]]s. The CHARGE has a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[Or (heraldry)|Or]] which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The arrowheads refer to actual [[Stone Age]] arrowheads, made of [[slate]], which have been found in the municipality. The arrowheads thus symbolize the long time that the area has been inhabited. The arms were designed by Jarle Skuseth after an idea by Kristoffer Gjøten. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Averøy |access-date=2023-04-10 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Averøy, Møre og Romsdal |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-15-54.html |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1986-06-13 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1986-04-11-897 |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref>

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has three parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within Averøy Municipality. It is part of the [[List of churches in Møre og Romsdal#Ytre Nordmøre prosti|Ytre Nordmøre]] [[deanery]] in the [[Diocese of Møre]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Averøy'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="2"|Kvernes||[[Kvernes Church]]||[[Kvernes]]||1893
|-
|[[Kvernes Stave Church]]||[[Kvernes]]||14th century
|-
|Kornstad||[[Kornstad Church]]||[[Kornstad]]||1871
|-
|rowspan="2"|Bremsnes||[[Bremsnes Church]]||[[Bremsnes, Møre og Romsdal|Bremsnes]]||1771
|-
|[[Langøy Chapel (Averøy)|Langøy Chapel]]||[[Langøyneset]]||1935
|}