Eskifjörður

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Eskifjörður
Town
The port of Eskifjörður (in background) seen from the mine of Helgustaðir, in Reyðarfjörður
Location of the Municipality of Fjarðabyggð
Eskifjörður Location in Iceland
Coordinates: 65°04′17.48″N 14°00′55.4″W / 65.0715222°N 14.015389°W / 65.0715222; -14.015389
Country	Iceland
Constituency^[1]	Norðausturkjördæmi
Region^[2]	Austurland
County	Suður-Múlasýsla
Municipality	Fjarðabyggð
Population (2011)
• Total	1,043
Time zone	GMT (UTC+0)
Website	Official website

Eskifjörður (in original Icelandic spelling), or also Eskifjördur, is a town and port in eastern Iceland with a large fishing industry. It has a population of 1,043 and constitutes one of the most populated villages part of the municipality of Fjarðabyggð.

History

Eskifjörður joined Neskaupstaður and Reyðarfjörður in 1998 to form the new municipality of Fjarðabyggð ("fjords-settlement").

Geography

The other villages composing the municipality are: Fáskrúðsfjörður (662 inh.), Mjóifjörður (35 inh.), Neskaupstaður (1,437 inh.),^[3] Reyðarfjörður (1,102 inh.) and Stöðvarfjörður (203 inh.).^[4]

Main sights

A sculpture by Ragnar Kjartansson is located along the main road in Eskifjördur, commemorating the mariners who drowned at sea.^[5]

Also, the mountain Hólmatindur is considered by the locals to be one of the most naturally beautiful in the area.

Eskifjordur has one of the most beautiful rare stone collections in iceland, with thousands of polished, cut and original stones from all over the island, Soren's and Sigurborgar Rare Stone Collection

Notable people

Einar Bragi, poet
Aðalsteinn Jónsson, founder of Hradfrystihus Eskifjardar / Eskja hf

References

↑ Political division
↑ Mainly statistical division
↑ Located in the Reyðarfjörður
↑ (Icelandic) Infos on Fjarðabyggð municipal website
↑ Becker, Kathleen (1 May 2009). Iceland. Baedeker. p. 162. ISBN 978-3-8297-6616-6. Retrieved 11 January 2011.

External links

Media related to Eskifjörður at Wikimedia Commons

(Icelandic) Facebook Fan page about everything in Eskifjörður
(Icelandic) Eskifjörður page on Fjarðabyggð municipal website
Images of Eskifjörður on Flickr

v t e Cities and towns¹ in Iceland

Álftanes Akranes Akureyri Blönduós Bolungarvík Borgarnes Dalvík Egilsstaðir Eskifjörður Eyrarbakki Fáskrúðsfjörður Garðabær Garður Grindavík Grundarfjörður Hafnarfjörður Hella Höfn Húsavík Hvammstangi Hveragerði Hvolsvöllur Ísafjörður Keflavík Kópavogur Mosfellsbær Neskaupstaður Njarðvík Ólafsfjörður Ólafsvík Patreksfjörður Reyðarfjörður Reykjavík Sandgerði Sauðárkrókur Selfoss Seltjarnarnes Seyðisfjörður Siglufjörður Skagaströnd Stokkseyri Stykkishólmur Þorlákshöfn Vestmannaeyjar Vík í Mýrdal Vogar Vopnafjörður

¹Icelandic settlements with city or town status. Not to be confused with the municipalities.

Coordinates: 65°04′17.48″N 14°00′55.4″W / 65.0715222°N 14.015389°W / 65.0715222; -14.015389

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