Dyrøy Municipality
Dyrøy Municipality
Dyrøy kommune | |
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| Dyrø herred (historic name) | |
View of Dyrøya island in Dyrøy | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Troms within Norway | |
Dyrøy within Troms | |
| Coordinates: 69°04′01″N 17°44′29″E / 69.06694°N 17.74139°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Troms |
| District | Midt-Troms |
| Established | 1 Sept 1886 |
| • Preceded by | Tranøy Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Brøstadbotn |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2024) | Marit Alvig Espenes (Ap) |
| Area | |
• Total | 288.64 km2 (111.44 sq mi) |
| • Land | 277.08 km2 (106.98 sq mi) |
| • Water | 11.56 km2 (4.46 sq mi) 4% |
| • Rank | #270 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,240.51 m (4,069.9 ft) |
| Population (2025) | |
• Total | 1,069 |
| • Rank | #330 in Norway |
| • Density | 3.7/km2 (9.6/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −8.4% |
| Demonym | Dyrøyværing |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-5528 |
| Website | Official website |
Dyrøy (Northern Sami: Divrráid suohkan) is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Brøstadbotn. Other villages include Dyrøyhamn, Espenes, Holm, and Hundstrand.
The 289-square-kilometre (112 sq mi) municipality is the 270th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Dyrøy Municipality is the 330th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,069. The municipality's population density is 3.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (9.6/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 8.4% over the previous 10-year period.
The municipality is named after the island of Dyrøya, which is connected with the mainland with the modern Dyrøy Bridge. Most people, however, don't live on the island, but live in Brøstadbotn on the mainland.