Reyðarfjörður
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Reyðarfjörður () is a town in eastern Iceland. It has a population of 1,368 (2024) and is one of the most populated villages that constitute the municipality of Fjarðabyggð.
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Place details
- Locality
- Reyðarfjörður
- Region
- East
- Country
- Ísland
- Population
- 1,368
- Timezone
- Atlantic/Reykjavik
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Reyðarfjörður
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Reiðarfjörður04.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- The town of Reyðarfjörður
- Settlement.image_map
- Fjarðabyggð.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the Municipality of Fjarðabyggð
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Iceland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Iceland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Constituency
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Northeast Constituency
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Eastern Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Fjarðabyggð
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2024
- Settlement.population_total
- 1,368
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- Reyðarfjörður
- Country
- Iceland
- Located in
- Fjarðabyggð
- Population
- 1270
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Official website
- www.fjardabyggd.is/Reydarfjordur
- Image
- Reydarfjordur.jpg
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- Commons category
- Reyðarfjörður
- IPA transcription
- [ˈreiːðarˌfjœrðʏr]
- native label
- Reyðarfjörður
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- {{anchor|Fjarðarál_aluminium_smelter}}Fjarðaál aluminium smelter
- Catholic church
- In popular culture
- Notes
- References
- External links
Reyðarfjörður () is a town in eastern Iceland. It has a population of 1,368 (2024) and is one of the most populated villages that constitute the municipality of Fjarðabyggð.
==History== The town is at the bottom of the eponymous fjord, the largest on the east coast of Iceland. Like most other towns in the East Fjords, it is surrounded by mountains, of which the highest is about . Although the climate is particularly rainy and foggy, on clear summer days it often has the highest temperatures in Iceland.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Reyðarfjörður” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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