Country Norway County Møre og Romsdal Time zone CET (UTC+01:00) | Region Western Norway District Nordmøre ISO 3166 code NO-1573 | |
 | ||
Weather 2°C, Wind S at 11 km/h, 39% Humidity | ||
Edøy is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the southern part of the present-day Smøla Municipality. The old municipality originally encompassed all the islands surrounding the Edøyfjorden. This included the islands of Smøla, Tustna, Stabblandet, and the many smaller islands between the larger ones. The island of Edøya lies between the two and that was the center of the old municipality. Over time, parts of Edøy were split off to form other municipalities. The Old Edøy Church and later the Edøy Church were the main churches for the municipality.
History
The parish of Edø (later spelled Edøy) was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). A royal resolution of 3 May 1873 directed that the southern Tustern parish be removed 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 and Brattvær 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, Edøy, and Hopen under the new name of Smøla. Prior to the merger, Edøy had a population of 1,135.