Herøy Municipality
municipality in Møre og Romsdal, Norway
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Summary
Herøy Municipality is a municipality of Norway[1]. It draws 118 Wikipedia views per month (municipality of norway category, ranking #65 of 360).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Møre og Romsdal[3]
- Country: Norway[4]
- Head of government: Bjørn-Halvor Prytz[5]
- Capital: Fosnavåg[6]
- Shares border with: Sande Municipality[7], Vanylven[8], Volda Municipality[9], Ulstein Municipality[10]
- Main regulatory text: Act relating to municipalities and county authorities[11]
- Commons category: Herøy, Møre og Romsdal[12]
- Inception: 1837[13]
- Significant event: boundary change[14]
- Official website: https://www.heroy.kommune.no/[15]
- Topic's main category: Category:Herøy, Møre og Romsdal[16]
- Population: 8972[17], 8900[18], 8858[19], 8765[20], 8842[21], 8968[22], 9031[23], 9003[24]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Herøy, Møre og Romsdal[25]
- Legal form: Register for Governmental Approval of Financial Obligations[26], kommune[27]
- Number of households: 3733[28], 3042[29], 237[30], 189[31], 68[32], 197[33]
- Demonym: [[Herøyværing]][34], herøyværing[35]
- Area: 119.53 km²[36], 119.52458947413021 km²[37], 1193.273970760604 km²[38], 1073.7493812864739 km²[39], 90.71891777062805 km²[40], 0 km²[41], 1.5064679052619898 km²[42], 1.725493784301954 km²[43], 15.975584101299717 km²[44], 7.332464253077529 km²[45], 1.878452028932729 km²[46], 0.23011111634189368 km²[47], 0.15709851428635108 km²[48], 119.52 km²[49]
- Has list: Grunnkretser i Herøy kommune i Møre og Romsdal[50]
Why It Matters
Herøy Municipality has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]