Nærøy (Urban East Norwegian: [ˈnæ̂ːrœʏ]) is a former municipality of Trøndelag county, Norway.

Some villages in Nærøy Municipality included Abelvær, Foldereid, Gravvika, Lund, Ottersøya, Salsbruket, Steine, and Torstad.

[9] The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the island of Nærøya (Old Norse: Njarðøy) since the Old Nærøy Church was built there.

It is maybe the stem form of the name of the Norse god Njord (but it is suspicious that it is not in the genitive case).

On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Nærøy.

The official blazon is "Or, three fleur-de-lis in pall stems conjoined gules" (Norwegian: I gull tre røde liljetopper forent i trepass).

The fleur-de-lis design is red to symbolize the local water lilies which generally have a reddish color.

The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Nærøy was made up of 27 representatives that are elected to four year terms.

Here is a list of people who held this position:[34][35][36] Norwegian County Road 17 crossed the northeastern part of the municipality.