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Hólmavík

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Hólmavík

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Also known as Holmavik

Hólmavík () is a village in the western part of Iceland, by Steingrímsfjörður.

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Place details

Locality
Hólmavík
Region
Westfjords
Country
Ísland
Population
391

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Hólmavík
Settlement.settlement_type
Village
Settlement.image_skyline
Holmavik0.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
The village of Hólmavík
Settlement.image_map
Strandabyggd map.png
Settlement.map_caption
Location of the Municipality of Strandabyggð
Settlement.pushpin_map
Iceland
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Constituency
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Northwest Constituency
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Westfjords
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Strandabyggð
Settlement.population_as_of
January 2011
Settlement.population_total
375
Settlement.postal_code_type
Póstnúmer
Settlement.postal_code
510

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

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  • References

Hólmavík () is a village in the western part of Iceland, by Steingrímsfjörður.

It is the largest settlement in Strandir and serves as a centre of commerce for the county. Hólmavík is part of the Strandabyggð municipality and has 375 inhabitants (2011 census). Hólmavík is home to the Museum of Icelandic Sorcery and Witchcraft and the Holmadrangur shrimp processing plant. The modern church was built in 1968.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hólmavík” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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