Bolungarvík
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Bolungarvík (, regionally also ) is a small town and the only built-up area in the municipality of Bolungarvíkurkaupstaður in the northwest of Iceland, located on the Westfjords peninsula, approximately from the town of Ísafjörður and from the capital city Reykjavík.
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Bolungarvík is a city in Iceland, situated within the administrative territorial entity of Bolungarvíkurkaupstaður. The town shares a border with Hnífsdalur and is located in the Westfjords region. It has a postal code of 415 and an area of 108. The local time zone is UTC±00:00, also identified as Atlantic/Reykjavik.
Population figures for the area vary by source, with one listing 1,266 residents and another citing 955. The community includes a community centre named Félagsheimili Bolungarvíkur, located at 24 Aðalstræti. Bolungarvík is referenced by 256 other encyclopedia articles.
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Place details
- Locality
- Bolungarvíkurkaupstaður
- Region
- Westfjords
- Country
- Ísland
- Population
- 955
- Timezone
- Atlantic/Reykjavik
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Bolungarvíkurkaupstaður
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Bolungarvík, Vestfirðir, Islandia, 2014-08-15, DD 049.JPG
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Skyline of Bolungarvíkurkaupstaður
- Settlement.image_shield
- COA Bolungarvik.png
- Settlement.shield_size
- 85px
- Settlement.image_map
- Bolungarvíkurkaupstadur_map.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Bolungarvíkurkaupstaður
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Iceland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Iceland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Westfjords
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Constituency
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Northwest Constituency
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Iceland
- Located in
- Bolungarvíkurkaupstaður
- Population
- 995
- Area
- 108
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Shares border with
- Hnífsdalur
- Official website
- www.bolungarvik.is
- Image
- Iceland Bolungarvik 2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Bolungarvík
- Commons gallery
- Bolungarvík
- postal code
- 415
- P12749
- Maluku
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- History and folklore
- In popular fiction
- Gallery
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Bolungarvík (, regionally also ) is a small town and the only built-up area in the municipality of Bolungarvíkurkaupstaður in the northwest of Iceland, located on the Westfjords peninsula, approximately from the town of Ísafjörður and from the capital city Reykjavík.
Bolungarvík is close to abundant fishing grounds and has been used as an outpost for fishing since the 17th century, making it one of the earliest in Iceland. The village was not accessible by road until 1950, and in 2010 the Bolungarvíkurgöng tunnel was opened under the Óshlíð mountain to bypass the old road, which was frequently subject to avalanches and rock falls.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bolungarvík” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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