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| Location of the Municipality of Fjarðabyggð | |
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Neskaupstaður
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| Country | Iceland |
| Constituency[1] | Norðausturkjördæmi |
| Region[2] | Austurland |
| County | Suður-Múlasýsla |
| Municipality | Fjarðabyggð |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 1,437 |
| Time zone | GMT (UTC+0) |
| Website | Official website |
Neskaupstaður is a town located on the fjord Norðfjörður on the eastern side of Iceland. It is part of the municipality of Fjarðabyggð and, as of 2011, it has a population of 1,437.
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It suffered severe depopulation in the 1990s, but this has been reversed as a result of the building of an aluminum smelter and a new hydroelectric power-plant in East Iceland.
Neskaupstaður joined Eskifjörður and Reyðarfjörður in 1998 to form the new municipality of Fjarðabyggð ("fjords-settlement").
The 2002 Icelandic movie Hafið (The Sea) was filmed almost entirely in and around Neskaupstaður.
The other villages composing the municipality are: Eskifjörður (1,043 inh.), Fáskrúðsfjörður (662 inh.), Mjóifjörður (35 inh.), Reyðarfjörður (1,102 inh.) and Stöðvarfjörður (203 inh.).[3]
Síldarvinnslan h/f operates one of the most advanced fish processing plants in Europe, it mainly produces fish for human consumption.
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