Ísafjarðarbær

66.066666666667 - 23.15Koordinaten: 66 ° 4 ' N, 23 ° 9' W

Ísafjarðarbær is a town in the Icelandic West Fjords region. On 1 January 2009 the municipality had 3972 inhabitants, of whom 2737 lived in the town of Isafjordur.

History of the community

Ísafjarðarbær in 1996 by the merger of the town of Isafjordur ( Ísafjarðarkaupstaður ) with the five rural communities Flateyri ( Flateyrarhreppur ) Mosvallahreppur, Mýrar ( Mýrahreppur ) Suðureyri ( Suðureyrarhreppur ) and Þingeyri ( Þingeyrarhreppur ) was formed. The county ( sýsla ) Vestur - Isafjardarsysla was dissolved by these incorporations.

Rural communities Snæfjöll ( Snæfjallahreppur ) Grunnavík ( Grunnavíkurhreppur ) Eyri ( Eyrarhreppur ) and Sléttuhreppur by Isafjordur, and Auðkúluhreppur previously had been incorporated to Þingeyri.

Ísafjarðarbær has a population of 3,824 inhabitants (1 Jan 2011). The main town is Isafjordur with 2,636 inhabitants, more are Þingeyri (260 inhabitants), Suðureyri (312 inhabitants), Flateyri (287 inhabitants) and Hnífsdalur (231 inhabitants).

Flateyri

Isafjordur

Suðureyri

Flateyri

Flateyri is a village on the north bank of the Önundarfjörður with 237 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011).

Isafjordur

Isafjordur is with 2,636 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011) The capital and administrative seat of the municipality Ísafjarðarbær.

Suðureyri

Suðureyri is a small fishing village (312 inhabitants (1 January 2011 ) ) in Súgandafjörður.

Þingeyri

Þingeyri is a settlement in Dýrafjörður with 260 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011).

Population Development

The decline in population between 1997 and 2006 was 6.8 %.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal (* 1924 in Önundarfjörður † 2010), politician, Icelandic Prime Minister
• Jón Laxdal ( born 1933 in Isafjordur, † 2005), actor and director
• Vilborg Davíðsdóttir (* 1965 in Þingeyri ), author and journalist