Editing Sandøy Municipality (section)

==General information==
[[File:2010 09 06 Ona Nordøyene 164.JPG|thumb|left|View of the island of [[Ona, Sandøy|Ona]]]]
[[File:Ortenlandskap.jpg|thumb|left|View of the island of [[Orta, Møre og Romsdal|Orta]]]]
[[File:Orten - flyfoto.jpg|thumb|left|View of the island of Orta]]
The new ''Sandø Municipality'' was established on 1 January 1867 when the [[Aukra Municipality|Akerø Municipality]] was divided into two: the western islands (population: 601) became the new ''Sandø Municipality'' and the eastern islands (population: 2,026). The spelling of the name was later changed to Sandøy Municipality.<ref name="Dag">{{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 |isbn=9788253746845}}</ref>

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1965, the [[Myklebost, Sandøy|Myklebust]] area on [[Harøya]] island and some smaller surrounding islands to the west (population: 287) were transferred from [[Haram Municipality]] to Sandøy Municipality.<ref name="Dag" />

On 1 January 2020, Sandøy Municipality was dissolved. The islands of [[Orta, Møre og Romsdal|Orta]] and Lyngværet (and the small surrounding islands) were merged into [[Aukra Municipality]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meir om grensejusteringa i Sandøy |url=http://nyealesund.no/aktuelt/nyheitsarkiv/220-meir-om-grensejusteringa-i-sandoy |access-date=2019-07-27 |publisher=Nye Ålesund kommune |language=Norwegian}}</ref> The remainder of the old Sandøy Municipality was merged with [[Haram Municipality]], [[Ørskog Municipality]], [[Skodje Municipality]], and [[Ålesund Municipality]] to form one large municipality of Ålesund.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nye Ålesund |url=http://nyealesund.no/ |access-date=2017-10-19 |language=Norwegian}}</ref>

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the farm and small island of ''[[Sandøya, Møre og Romsdal|Sandøya]]'' ({{langx|non|Sandøy}}) since the first [[Sandøy Church]] was built there. The first element comes from the word {{wikt-lang|non|sandr}} which means "[[sand]]". The last element is {{wikt-lang|no|øy}} which means "[[island]]".<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=311 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref> Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Sandøen'' or ''Sandø''. The municipality was also known as ''Sandø i Romsdal'' to distinguish it from the nearby [[Sande Municipality (Møre og Romsdal)|Sandø Municipality]] in [[Sunnmøre]] which was known as ''Sandø i Sunnmøre''. On 3 November 1917, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Sandøy''.<ref>{{Cite journal |year=1917 |title=Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1917. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2015102381014_001 |journal=[[Norsk Lovtidend]] |language=no |location=Kristiania, Norge |publisher=Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri |pages=1057–1065}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 12 December 1986 and they were in use until the municipality was dissolved on 1 January 2020. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]], three [[Pile (heraldry)|piles]] conjoined in [[Dexter and sinister|dexter]] [[argent]]"'' ({{langx|no|I blått tre sølv spissar som møtest i høgre skjoldrand}}). This means the arms have a blue [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a three triangles conjoined at a point along the left side. The charge has a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[argent]] which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The design is meant to mimic the [[light beam]]s from the [[Ona Lighthouse]]. This was chosen since [[lighthouse]]s play an important role in the safety in the municipality, which consists of 871 islands and [[Skerry|skerries]]. The arms were designed by Astor Furseth. 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=Sandøy |access-date=2023-04-05 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sandøy, Møre og Romsdal (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-15-46.html |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1986-12-12 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LFO/forskrift/1986-12-12-2286 |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref> {{see also-text|the [[Coat of arms of Utsira]]}}

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] had one parish ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within Sandøy Municipality. It was part of the [[Molde domprosti]] (arch-[[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Møre]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Sandøy'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="2"|Sandøy||[[Sandøy Church]]||[[Sandøya, Møre og Romsdal|Sandøya]]||1812
|-
|[[Harøy Church]]||[[Harøya]]||1934
|}