Fjarðabyggð

Fjarðabyggð () is a municipality located in eastern Iceland, in the Eastern Region.

Key facts

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Settlement.name: Fjarðabyggð
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Icelandic Landscape near Neskaupstaður July 2014.JPG
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Settlement.image_caption: Skyline of Fjarðabyggð
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Settlement.map_caption: Location of Fjarðabyggð
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Settlement.pushpin_map: Iceland
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Iceland

Article

5 sections

Contents

History
Geography
Twin towns – sister cities
References
External links

Fjarðabyggð () 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, and Breiðdalshreppur merged in 2018.