Editing Herøy Municipality (Nordland) (section)

===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]]}}