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Mosfellsbær
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Mosfellsbær (, colloquially Mosó) is a town in south-west Iceland, east of the country's capital, Reykjavík. The coat of arms of the municipality is a tightly-knotted triquetra, a symbol often used in Celtic knotwork and strongly associated with the Celtic nations (which featured prominently in Celtic spirituality as well as Ancient Celtic religion in the past and, to some extent, to this day). The coat of arms might denote the Gaelic heritage of Mosfellsbær as Icelanders are also descended from Gaelic-speaking settlers who voyaged or were brought by the Norsemen in Iceland during the country'
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Mosfellsbær is a city and municipality in Iceland, situated within the Capital Region. It has a population of 13,715 and covers an area of 186 square kilometers. The municipality shares borders with Reykjavíkurborg, Bláskógabyggð, Grímsnes- og Grafningshreppur, and Ölfus. Its postal code is 270, and it operates in the UTC±00:00 time zone.
The town is twinned with Loimaa, Skien, Thisted Municipality, and Uddevalla Municipality. Its elevation above sea level is listed as 0 meters, though weather data indicates an elevation of 41 meters. The local pronunciation is transcribed as [ˈmɔːsfɛlsˌpaiˑr].
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Place details
- Locality
- Mosfellsbær
- Region
- Capital Region
- Country
- Ísland
- Population
- 12,073
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Mosfellsbær
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Mosfellsbær overview.JPG
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Mosfellsbær
- Settlement.image_shield
- Mosfellsbær_Coat.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120px
- Settlement.image_map
- Mosfellsbær Loc.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Mosfellsbær
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Iceland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Iceland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Capital Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Constituency
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Southwest Constituency
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Iceland
- Country
- Iceland
- Located in
- Capital Region
- Population
- 13715
- Area
- 186
- Elevation
- 0
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Official website
- mosfellsbaer.is
- Image
- Mosfellsbaer2011.jpg
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- Commons category
- Mosfellsbær
- twinned administrative body
- Uddevalla Municipality
- topic's main category
- Category:Mosfellsbær
- Commons gallery
- Mosfellsbær
- postal code
- 270
- IPA transcription
- [ˈmɔːsfɛlsˌpaiˑr]
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Notable people
- Twin towns – sister cities
- References
- External links
Mosfellsbær (, colloquially Mosó) is a town in south-west Iceland, east of the country's capital, Reykjavík. The coat of arms of the municipality is a tightly-knotted triquetra, a symbol often used in Celtic knotwork and strongly associated with the Celtic nations (which featured prominently in Celtic spirituality as well as Ancient Celtic religion in the past and, to some extent, to this day). The coat of arms might denote the Gaelic heritage of Mosfellsbær as Icelanders are also descended from Gaelic-speaking settlers who voyaged or were brought by the Norsemen in Iceland during the country's settlement in the Viking Age.
==Notable people== Ólafía Jóhannsdóttir (1863-1924), educator, activist, writer Ólafur Arnalds (born 1986), musician Greta Salóme (born 1986), singer, songwriter, violinist Axel Óskar Andrésson (born 1998), footballer Jökull Andrésson (born 2001), footballer KALEO (2012-present), Blues rock band
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mosfellsbær” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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