Place:Sandøy, Møre og Romsdal, Norway

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NameSandøy
Alt namesHarøysource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeMunicipality
Located inMøre og Romsdal, Norway
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Ona
Steinshamn
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Sandøy is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It was part of the Romsdal region. The administrative centre was the village of Steinshamn. Other villages included Ona and Myklebost. The municipality was spread out over many islands in the mouth of the vast Romsdal Fjord. The Flatflesa Lighthouse and Ona Lighthouse protect the boats traveling around the municipality. The Nordøy Fixed Link project was constructed from 2018 until 2023 and it includes three undersea tunnels and several bridges that will connect the main islands of Sandøy Municipality and the islands of Haram Municipality to the mainland.

At the time if its dissolution in 2020, the municipality is the 416th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Sandøy is the 371st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,263. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 1.4% over the last decade.

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