Fáskrúðsfjörður

"Buðir" redirects here. For the village in the western Iceland, see Búðir.

Fáskrúðsfjörður
Town
Former French hospital
Location of the Municipality of Fjarðabyggð
Fáskrúðsfjörður Location in Iceland
Coordinates: 64°55′45.83″N 14°00′37.6″W / 64.9293972°N 14.010444°W / 64.9293972; -14.010444
Country	Iceland
Constituency^[1]	Northeast Constituency
Region^[2]	Eastern Region
Municipality	Fjarðabyggð
Population (2011)
• Total	662
Time zone	GMT (UTC+0)
Website	Official website

Fáskrúðsfjörður (sometimes named also Buðir^[3]) is a village (þorp) in eastern Iceland.

It has a population of 662 (as of 2011) and constitutes one of the villages composing the municipality of Fjarðabyggð.

Geography

Fáskrúðsfjörður, located on the same-named fjord, lies between Reyðarfjörður and Stöðvarfjörður. It is one of the easternmost settlements of Iceland.

The other neighbouring villages composing the municipality of Fjarðabyggð are: Eskifjörður (1,043 inh.), Mjóifjörður (35 inh.), Neskaupstaður (1,437 inh.),^[4] Reyðarfjörður (1,102 inh.) and Stöðvarfjörður (203 inh.).^[5]

Twin towns

Gravelines (France)

Photogallery

Winter in Fáskrúðsfjörður
Restaurant Café Sumarlína
Scenic view near Fáskrúðsfjörður
East to the village of Fáskrúðsfjörður
View of the port
Skrúður, a rocky island close to Fáskrúðsfjörður

References

↑ Political division
↑ Mainly statistical division
↑ Parnell, Fran; O'Carroll, Etain (2007). Iceland. 6th ed. Footscray (Vic.); Oakland (CA): Lonely Planet. pp. 269-270. ISBN 978-1-74104-537-6
↑ Located in the Norðfjörður
↑ (Icelandic) Infos on Fjarðabyggð municipal website

External links

Media related to Fáskrúðsfjörður at Wikimedia Commons

(Icelandic) Fáskrúðsfjörður page on Fjarðabyggð municipal website

Cities and towns 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

Coordinates: 64°55′45.83″N 14°00′37.6″W / 64.9293972°N 14.010444°W / 64.9293972; -14.010444

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