Fjarðabyggð

Fjarðabyggð
Fjarðabyggð
Municipality
	Skyline of Fjarðabyggð
	Coat of arms
	Location of Fjarðabyggð
	Fjarðabyggð
	Coordinates: 65°2′0″N 14°13′0″W / 65.03333°N 14.21667°W
Country	Iceland
Region	Eastern Region
Constituency	Northeast Constituency
Government
• Mayor	Jóna Árný Þórðardottir
Area
• Total	1,164 km2 (449 sq mi)
Population (2019)
• Total	5,070
• Density	4.36/km2 (11.3/sq mi)
Postal code(s)	715, 730, 735, 740, 750, 755
Municipal number	7300
Website	fjardabyggd.is

Fjarðabyggð (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈfjarðaˌpɪɣθ] ^ⓘ) is a municipality located in eastern Iceland, in the Eastern Region.

History

The municipality was formed in 1998 with the union of the former municipalities of Eskifjörður, Neskaupstaður and Reyðarfjörður. Austurbyggð, Fáskrúðsfjarðarhreppur and Mjóafjarðarhreppur were merged into Fjarðabyggð in 2006,^[3] and Breiðdalshreppur merged in 2018.^[4]

Geography

The municipality is composed by the following villages:

Rank	Village	2011 Population
1.	Neskaupstaður	1,437
2.	Reyðarfjörður	1,102
3.	Eskifjörður	1,043
4.	Fáskrúðsfjörður	662
5.	Stöðvarfjörður	203
6.	Mjóifjörður	35

Twin towns – sister cities

Fjarðabyggð is twinned with:^[5]

Esbjerg, Denmark
Eskilstuna, Sweden
Gravelines, France
Jyväskylä, Finland
Qeqqata, Greenland
Stavanger, Norway
Vágar, Faroe Islands

References

^ "BÆJARSTJÓRI". fjardabyggd.is (in Icelandic). Sveitarfélagið Fjarðabyggð. n.d. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
^ "Population by municipalities, sex and age 1 January 1998-2019 - Current municipalities". PX-Web. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
^ "SAGA FJARÐABYGGÐAR". www.fjardabyggd.is. Archived from the original on July 23, 2013. Retrieved 2016-06-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Fjarðabyggð og Breiðdalshreppur sameinast". Retrieved 2018-11-19.
^ "Vinabæir". fjardabyggd.is (in Icelandic). Fjarðabyggð. Archived from the original on 2022-06-13. Retrieved 2020-02-12.

External links

Media related to Fjarðabyggð at Wikimedia Commons

Official website (in Icelandic)
Visit Fjarðabyggð

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[1] "BÆJARSTJÓRI". fjardabyggd.is (in Icelandic). Sveitarfélagið Fjarðabyggð. n.d. Retrieved 2 January 2022.

[2] "Population by municipalities, sex and age 1 January 1998-2019 - Current municipalities". PX-Web. Retrieved 7 April 2019.

[3] "SAGA FJARÐABYGGÐAR". www.fjardabyggd.is. Archived from the original on July 23, 2013. Retrieved 2016-06-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[4] "Fjarðabyggð og Breiðdalshreppur sameinast". Retrieved 2018-11-19.

[5] "Vinabæir". fjardabyggd.is (in Icelandic). Fjarðabyggð. Archived from the original on 2022-06-13. Retrieved 2020-02-12.

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