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Þórshöfn
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- Settlement.name
- Þórshöfn
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
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- Thorshofn_hiticeland_01.jpg
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- Langanesbyggd map.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the Municipality of Langanesbyggð
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- Iceland#Europe
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- Country
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- Constituency
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- Northeast Constituency
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- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Northeastern Region
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- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Langanesbyggð
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- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_total
- 380
- Settlement.population_density_km2
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Iceland
- Located in
- Langanesbyggð
- Population
- 352
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Official website
- www.thorshofn.is
- Image
- Thorshofn hiticeland 01.jpg
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Þórshöfn () or Thorshofn is a small fishing village in northeast Iceland, located on the northern coast of the Langanes peninsula on the Þistilfjörður bay.
The village has a population of 380 people. It is the administrative centre of Langanesbyggð municipality and formerly of the neighbouring Svalbarðshreppur municipality until the two merged. In Þórshöfn there is a year-round service to tourists, and Icelandair connects the village to Akureyri and Reykjavík with seasonal flights from Þórshöfn Airport.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Þórshöfn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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