Andørja

Andørja herred
Former municipality
Andørja viewed from Harstad

Troms within
Norway

Andørja within Troms
Coordinates: 68°48′53″N 17°17′41″E / 68.81472°N 17.29472°E / 68.81472; 17.29472Coordinates: 68°48′53″N 17°17′41″E / 68.81472°N 17.29472°E / 68.81472; 17.29472
Country Norway
County Troms
District Central Hålogaland
Established 1 July 1926
Disestablished 1 Jan 1964
Administrative centre Engenes
Area
 • Total 135 km2 (52 sq mi)
  *Area at municipal dissolution.
Population (1964)
 • Total 1,330
 • Density 9.9/km2 (26/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code NO-1916
Preceded by Ibestad in 1926
Succeeded by Ibestad in 1964
Data from Statistics Norway

Andørja is a former municipality in Troms county in Norway. The 135-square-kilometre (52 sq mi) municipality existed from 1926 until its dissolution in 1964. It was located in the northeastern half of the present-day Ibestad Municipality. It encompassed the entire island of Andørja plus a number of other small islands and skerries surrounding it. The administrative centre was located at Engenes where the Andørja Church was also located.[1]

History

The municipality of Andørja was established on 1 July 1926 when the large Ibestad Municipality was separated into four municipalities: Ibestad (population: 1,768), Andørja (population: 1,420), Astafjord (population: 1,018), and Gratangen (population: 1,967). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the municipalities of Andørja (population: 1,330) and Ibestad (population: 1,821) were merged with the part of neighboring Skånland Municipality that was located on the island of Rolla (population: 134) to form the new, larger Ibestad Municipality.[2]

Name

The name of the municipality and the island of Andørja both come from the Old Norse: Andyrja. The meaning of the name is not certain, but one theory is that the first element and comes from the word for "against" and the second element yrja means "gravel" or "rocks", possibly referring to the waves from the sea hitting against the rocky shores.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2018-02-28). "Andørja - tidligere kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-07-29.
  2. ↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
  3. ↑ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2018-02-28). "Andørja - øy". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-07-29.
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