Tálknafjarðarhreppur

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Tálknafjarðarhreppur
Municipality
Location of the Municipality of Tálknafjarðarhreppur
Coordinates: 65°37′38″N 23°49′23″W / 65.62722°N 23.82306°W / 65.62722; -23.82306
Country  Iceland
Constituency[1] Norðvesturkjördæmi
Region[2] Vestfirðir
County Strandasýsla
Area
  Total 176 km2 (68 sq mi)
Population (January 2011)
  Total 306
Time zone GMT (UTC+0)
Postcode 460

Tálknafjarðarhreppur is a municipality in Iceland.

According to the 2011 census, it had a population of 306 inhabitants. The only settlement is Tálknafjörður. On the land side the municipality is surrounded by the municipality of Vesturbyggð. There is considerable cooperation between the two municipalities but unification was voted down in the latest election.

References

  1. Political division
  2. Mainly statistical division

65°37′38″N 23°49′23″W / 65.627159°N 23.823009°W / 65.627159; -23.823009


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