Rødøy

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Rødøy kommune
—  Municipality  —
Coat of arms Nordland within Norway
Rødøy within Nordland
Coordinates: 66°35′36″N 13°21′34″E / 66.59333, 13.35944
Country	Norway
County	Nordland
District	Helgeland
Municipality ID	NO-1836
Administrative centre	Vågaholmen
Government
- Mayor (2003)	Olav Terje Hoff (Sp)
Area (Nr. 156 in Norway)
- Total	712 km² (274.9 sq mi)
- Land	687 km² (265.3 sq mi)
Population (2004)
- Total	1,441
- Density	2/km² (5.2/sq mi)
- Change (10 years)	-13.8 %
- Rank in Norway	375
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Official language form	Neutral
Data from Statistics Norway
Website: www.rodoy.kommune.no

Rødøy is a municipality in the county of Nordland, Norway.

Rødøy was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Meløy was separated from Rødøy January 1, 1884.

The municipality consists of islands outside Norway's second biggest glacier, Svartisen.

[edit] The name

The Norse form of the name was Rauðøy. The first element is rauðr 'red' (probably referring to the colour of the rocks of the island), the last element is øy f 'island'.

[edit] Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1988). The highest mountain of the island is called Rødøyløva 'the lion of Rødøy' (because its profile resembles a lion, [1]). However, there are higher mountains in the municipality, such as Blokktind.

Hestmannøy

Selsøyvik, in earlier days a stoppover for fishing boats from Trøndelag going to Lofoten

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