Editing Herøy Municipality (Nordland) (section)

==General information==
[[File:Utedo.JPG|thumb|left|Restroom with a view]]
The municipality of Herøy was established in 1864 when it was separated from [[Alstahaug Municipality]]. Initially the population of Herøy was 2,438. On 1 July 1917, the northern district of Herøy (population: 1,530) was separated from Herøy to become the new [[Nordvik Municipality]]. This left Herøy with 2,555 residents.

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1962 the part of Herøy Municipality on the [[Dønna (island)|island of Dønna]] (population: 19) was transferred to the new [[Dønna Municipality]]. On 1 January 1965 the [[Husvær]]/[[Sandværet]] island groups (population: 461) were transferred from [[Alstahaug Municipality]] to Herøy Municipality.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |year=1999 |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |publisher=[[Statistics Norway|Statistisk sentralbyrå]] |language=no}}</ref>

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the [[island]]s of ''Søndre Herøya'' and ''Nordre Herøya'' ({{langx|non|Herøyjar}}). The first element is {{wikt-lang|non|herr}} which means "[[army]]" (here in the sense of {{lang|no|skipaherr}} which means "[[military]] [[Naval fleet|fleet]]"). The last element is the [[definite]] form of {{wikt-lang|no|øy}} which means "[[island]]". The [[sound (geography)|sound]] between the islands was probably a meeting place for the [[Leidang]] fleet of the district.<ref name="kom" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |author-link=Oluf Rygh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K21BAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Nordlands amt |date=1905 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=16 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=100 |language=no}}</ref> Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Herø''. On 6 January 1908, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Herøy''.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2015110481021_001 |title=Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1908. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m |publisher=Fred T. Salicath |year=1908 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=24 |language=no}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 3 July 1987. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]], three oars [[Or (heraldry)|Or]] [[Attitude (heraldry)#Issuant|issuant]] from the base, the central one [[Variations of ordinaries|abased]]"'' ({{langx|no|I blått tre oppvoksende gull årer, den midterste nedsenket}}). This means the arms have a blue [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is three vertical [[oar]]s arranged in a horizontal row, with the middle oar, slightly lower. The oars have 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 blue color in the field symbolizes the importance of the ocean for the island municipality. The oar was chosen to represent the importance of boats. The municipal name comes from the Old Norse word "herr" which means a military meeting place, i.e. the place where fleet gathers. Thus the arms are [[canting arms|canting]]. The arms were designed by Jarle E. Henriksen.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Herøy, Nordland (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-18-18.html |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1987-07-03 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1987-07-03-707 |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref><ref name="kom">{{Cite web |title=Herøys kommunevåpen |url=http://www.heroy-no.kommune.no/index.asp?startID=&topExpand=&subExpand=&strUrl=//applications/System/publish/view/showobject.asp?infoobjectid=1002728&menuid=1002096&startmenuid= |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719235410/http://www.heroy-no.kommune.no/index.asp?startID=&topExpand=&subExpand=&strUrl=%2F%2Fapplications%2FSystem%2Fpublish%2Fview%2Fshowobject.asp%3Finfoobjectid%3D1002728&menuid=1002096&startmenuid= |archive-date=2011-07-19 |access-date=2008-11-23 |language=no}}</ref> 
{{See also-text|the coats of arms of: [[Coat of arms of Fedje|Fedje Municipality]] and [[Coat of arms of Lenvik|Lenvik Municipality]]}}

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has one parish ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within Herøy Municipality. It is part of the [[Nord-Helgeland prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Herøy'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="4"|Herøy||[[Herøy Church (Nordland)|Herøy Church]]||[[Silvalen]]||12th century
|-
|[[Gåsvær Chapel]]||[[Gåsvær]]||1951
|-
|[[Husvær Chapel]]||[[Husvær]]||1936
|-
|[[Sandvær Chapel]]||[[Sandværet]]||1947
|}