Andørja Municipality

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Andørja is a former municipality in Troms county in Norway. The Script error: No such module "convert". municipality existed from 1926 until its dissolution in 1964. The area now makes up the northeastern half of 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]

Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the Script error: No such module "convert". municipality was the 455th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Andørja Municipality was the 558th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,343. The municipality's population density was Script error: No such module "convert". and its population had decreased by 3.5% over the previous 10-year period.^[2]^[3]

General information

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Aerial view of Andørja

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View of the local Andørja Church

The municipality of Andørja was established on 1 July 1926 when the large Ibestad Municipality was separated into four municipalities: Ibestad Municipality (population: 1,768), Andørja Municipality (population: 1,420), Astafjord Municipality (population: 1,018), and Gratangen Municipality (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, there was a merger where Andørja Municipality (population: 1,330) and Ibestad Municipality (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.^[4]

Name

The municipality is named after the island of Andørja (Template:Langx). The meaning of the name is not certain, but one theory is that the first element Script error: No such module "Lang". which means "against". The last element is Script error: No such module "Lang". which means "gravel" or "rocks", possibly referring to the waves from the sea hitting against the rocky shores.^[5]^[6]

Churches

The Church of Norway had one parish (Script error: No such module "Lang".) within Andørja Municipality. It was part of the Ibestad prestegjeld and the Trondenes prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland.

**Churches in Andørja**
Parish (Script error: No such module "Lang".)	Church name	Location of the church	Year built
Andørja	Andørja Church	Engenes	1914

Geography

The highest point in the municipality is the Script error: No such module "convert". tall mountain Langlitinden.^[7]

Government

While it existed, Andørja Municipality was responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, welfare and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor is indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.^[8] The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the Hålogaland Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The municipal council Script error: No such module "Lang". of Andørja was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political party.