Vopnafjörður
Sign in to saveVopnafjörður (, meaning weapon fjord) is a village and municipality in Northeast Iceland, standing on a peninsula in the middle of a mountainous bay by the same name. The main industries of Vopnafjörður are fish processing, agriculture and tourism and other services.
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Place details
- Locality
- Vopnafjörður
- Region
- East
- Country
- Ísland
- Population
- 695
- Timezone
- Atlantic/Reykjavik
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Vopnafjarðarhreppur
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Vopnafjordur skyline.JPG
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Skyline of Vopnafjarðarhreppur
- Settlement.shield_size
- 150px
- Settlement.image_map
- Vopnafjardarhreppur map.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Vopnafjarðarhreppur
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Iceland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Iceland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Eastern Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Constituency
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Northeast Constituency
- Settlement.leader_title1
- Manager
- Settlement.leader_name1
- Sara Elísabet Svansdóttir
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Iceland
- Located in
- Vopnafjarðarhreppur
- Official website
- www.vopnafjordur.com
- Image
- Vopnafjordur skyline.JPG
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- Commons category
- Vopnafjörður
- P8168
- Paul Debevec
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Overview
- History
- Emigration to America
- Geography
- Climate
- Administration
- Demographics
- Sports
- Main sights
- References
- Notes
- External links
Vopnafjörður (, meaning weapon fjord) is a village and municipality in Northeast Iceland, standing on a peninsula in the middle of a mountainous bay by the same name. The main industries of Vopnafjörður are fish processing, agriculture and tourism and other services.
==Overview== Vopnafjörður is known for its salmon rivers and large areas of untouched landscape. Hofsá and Selá are two of the most exclusive salmon rivers in Iceland. The salmon rivers and other attractions in and around Vopnafjörður have drawn numerous foreign visitors, including artists, celebrities and politicians such as Charles, Prince of Wales, George Bush, Sr., Jack Nicklaus and Queen Paola of Belgium.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vopnafjörður” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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