Edøy is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal

Møre og Romsdal

is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. The county administration is located in Molde, while Ålesund is the largest city.-The name:...

 county, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. It is located in the southern part of the present-day municipality of Smøla

Smøla

Smøla is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hopen, other villages include Dyrnes, Råket, and Veiholmen.-General information:...

.

History

The municipality of Edø (later spelled Edøy) was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskapsdistrikt was the name for a Norwegian local self-government districts put into force in 1838. This system of municipality was created in a bill approved by the Storting and signed into law by King Carl Johan on 14 January 1837...

). A royal resolution of 3 May 1873 directed that the southern Tustern

Tustna

Tustna is an island and a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The administrative centre was Gullstein. The island is located in the present-day municipality of Aure. The island lies between the islands of Golma and Stabblandet and Solskjel .-History:Tustna was originally a...

 parish be separated from Edøy to create a separate municipality. This happened on 1 January 1874, leaving Edøy with 2,166 inhabitants. On 1 January 1915, the districts of Hopen

Hopen, Møre og Romsdal

Hopen is a village and a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the northern part of the present-day municipality of Smøla...

 and Brattvær

Brattvær

Brattvær is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It was located on the western part of the island of Smøla in the present-day municipality of Smøla. It included the area near Råket and Dyrnes...

 were separated from Edøy to create separate municipalities. This split left Edøy with a population of 973. On 1 January 1960, the 1915 partition was reversed, reuniting the municipalities Brattvær

Brattvær

Brattvær is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It was located on the western part of the island of Smøla in the present-day municipality of Smøla. It included the area near Råket and Dyrnes...

, Edøy, and Hopen

Hopen, Møre og Romsdal

Hopen is a village and a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the northern part of the present-day municipality of Smøla...

 under the new name of Smøla

Smøla

Smøla is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hopen, other villages include Dyrnes, Råket, and Veiholmen.-General information:...

. Prior to the merger, Edøy had a population of 1,135.