Fáskrúðsfjörður

"Buðir" redirects here. For the village in the western Iceland, see Búðir.
Fáskrúðsfjörður
Town

Former French hospital

Location of the Municipality of Fjarðabyggð
Fáskrúðsfjörður

Location in Iceland

Coordinates: 64°55′45.83″N 14°00′37.6″W / 64.9293972°N 14.010444°W / 64.9293972; -14.010444
Country  Iceland
Constituency[1] Northeast Constituency
Region[2] Eastern Region
Municipality Fjarðabyggð
Population (2011)
  Total 662
Time zone GMT (UTC+0)
Website Official website

Fáskrúðsfjörður (sometimes named also Buðir[3]) is a village (þorp) in eastern Iceland.

It has a population of 662 (as of 2011) and constitutes one of the villages composing the municipality of Fjarðabyggð.

Geography

Fáskrúðsfjörður, located on the same-named fjord, lies between Reyðarfjörður and Stöðvarfjörður. It is one of the easternmost settlements of Iceland.

The other neighbouring villages composing the municipality of Fjarðabyggð are: Eskifjörður (1,043 inh.), Mjóifjörður (35 inh.), Neskaupstaður (1,437 inh.),[4] Reyðarfjörður (1,102 inh.) and Stöðvarfjörður (203 inh.).[5]

Twin towns

Photogallery

References

  1. Political division
  2. Mainly statistical division
  3. Parnell, Fran; O'Carroll, Etain (2007). Iceland. 6th ed. Footscray (Vic.); Oakland (CA): Lonely Planet. pp. 269-270. ISBN 978-1-74104-537-6
  4. Located in the Norðfjörður
  5. (Icelandic) Infos on Fjarðabyggð municipal website

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Coordinates: 64°55′45.83″N 14°00′37.6″W / 64.9293972°N 14.010444°W / 64.9293972; -14.010444

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