Fjarðabyggð

65.033333333333 - 14.216666666667Koordinaten: 65 ° 2 ' N, 14 ° 13' W

The community Fjarðabyggð is an Icelandic community in the region Austurland in East Iceland. On 1 January 2009 it had 4723 inhabitants.

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Formation

Fjarðabyggð was formed on June 7, 1998 through the following three communities: the city of Neskaupstaður with the 1994 eingemeindeten rural community Norðfjörður ( Norðfjarðarhreppur ); the city Eskifjörður ( Isl Eskifjarðarkaupstaður ) with the 1988 eingemeindeten rural community Helgustaðir ( Helgustaðahreppur ) and the rural community Reyðarfjörður ( Isl Reyðarfjarðarhreppur ).

On 9 June 2006, a further three communities joined in: the village with 859 inhabitants Austurbyggð (2005), in turn, on 1 October 2003 by the merger of the rural communities Búðir ​​( Búðahreppur ) and Stöðvarfjörður ( Stöðvarhreppur ) formed; The rural community of Fáskrúðsfjörður ( Isl Fáskrúðsfjarðarhreppur ) with 48 inhabitants ( 2005) (not to be confused with the village, which is now at the same large community belongs ) and the rural community Mjóifjörður ( Isl Mjóafjarðarhreppur ) with 42 inhabitants ( 2005).

Places

The largest settlements of the municipality are Reyðarfjörður ( 1,102 inhabitants), Neskaupstaður ( 1,437 inhabitants) and Eskifjörður ( 1,043 inhabitants), smaller settlements, however Fáskrúðsfjörður (662 inhabitants) and Stöðvarfjörður ( 203 inhabitants, all as of 1 January 2011).

Fáskrúðsfjörður

The place Fáskrúðsfjörður (formerly Búðir ​​) is a village on the same fjord. They live on fishing. From 2003 to 2006, the town belonged to the municipality Austurbyggð.

The French fishermen

Fáskrúðsfjörður was a center for French fishermen, approximately between 1880 and 1920 mainly from Brittany and the areas on the border with Belgium always in the winter season for fishing came from ( see also the novel Pecheur d' Islande by Pierre Loti ). But few of them settled in the place, most of which went to her work as fishermen out at sea after and were doing very exploited. They only came sometimes to barter on land or when they were sick or injured, which is why there also a small hospital for it established, still be seen on the shore opposite the present site whose remains sind.Das French Museum and the generally bilingual street names ( icelandic and French) are evidence of this period. In addition, every summer the festival Franskir ​​dagar ( French daily ) in place.

Tunnel

The town benefited from the improved transport links to the Reyðarfjörður by the opening of a tunnel in 2006.

Stöðvarfjörður

Stöðvarfjörður is a small town on the same fjord. From 2003 to 2006, the town belonged to the municipality Austurbyggð.

The large private collection of Petra Sveinsdóttir mainly shows many different crystals, for which the area is famous. The ice age glacier, which was up 10 000 years ago in the country during cold periods, especially rested heavily on the East Fjords, because even during the Ice Age were here at today's Vatnajökull, the largest glacier. Therefore m were eroded by glaciers wear here at the 2000. So you can very well here see into the interior of large old central volcanoes and find a wide variety of volcanic rock types (see also Berufjörður ). Also on Reyðarfjörður Fáskrúðsfjörður and Stöðvarfjörður are the remains of such volcanoes, which are up to 12 million years old.

Population Development

During the construction of the aluminum smelter in Reyðarfjörður the community has experienced nearly a population explosion of growth through the many foreign guest workers. Meanwhile, the population numbers have stabilized at a lower value.

Former municipalities

Twinning

• Jyväskylä, Finland

Sons and daughters of the town

• Vilhjálmur Einarsson ( b. 1934 in Reyðarfjörður ), Athlete
• Gerður Helgadóttir (1928-1975), glass painter, sculptor