Andøy

Andøy kommune
Municipality
View of the village of Andenes in Andøy
Coat of arms Nordland within Norway
Andøy within Nordland
Coordinates: 69°5′40″N 15°45′52″E / 69.09444°N 15.76444°E / 69.09444; 15.76444Coordinates: 69°5′40″N 15°45′52″E / 69.09444°N 15.76444°E / 69.09444; 15.76444
Country	Norway
County	Nordland
District	Vesterålen
Administrative centre	Andenes
Government
• Mayor (1999)	Jonni Helge Solsvik (H)
Area
• Total	655.69 km2 (253.16 sq mi)
• Land	616.04 km2 (237.85 sq mi)
• Water	39.65 km2 (15.31 sq mi)
Area rank	169 in Norway
Population (2012)
• Total	5,032
• Rank	182 in Norway
• Density	8.2/km2 (21/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	-9.3 %
Demonym(s)	Andværing
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1871
Official language form	Neutral
Website	www.andoy.net
Data from Statistics Norway

Andøy is the northernmost municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Vesterålen archipelago. The main island in the municipality is Andøya. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Andenes. Other villages in the municipality include Bjørnskinn, Bleik, Dverberg, Fiskenes, Fornes, Nordmela, Risøyhamn, Skarstein, Å, Åknes, and Åse.

The municipality of Andøy was established as a new municipality on 1 January 1964 after the merger of the old municipalities of Andenes, Bjørnskinn, and Dverberg. Initially, Andøy had 7,366 residents. The municipal boundaries have not changed since that time.

The Old Norse form of the name was Andarøy (from Amdarøy). The first element is the genitive case of the old uncompounded name of the island: Ǫmd. The last element is øy which means "island". The meaning of the uncompounded name is unknown.

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 7 January 1983. The arms show a silver wave on a blue background. It was chosen as a symbol for the fact that the municipality is situated at the sea and that fishing is important economically to the municipality.