Ísafjarðarbær

Ísafjarðarbær is a municipality of in the region, created in 1996 from Flateyrarhreppur, Ísafjarðarkaupstaður, Mosvallahreppur, Mýrahreppur, Suðureyrarhreppur and Þingeyrarhreppur.
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  • Type: municipality of Iceland with 3,830 residents
  • Description: municipality of Iceland
  • Also known as: 4200”, “Isafjardarbaer”, and “Ísafjörđur

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ísafjörður Airport and Ísafjarðarkirkja.

Aerodrome
is an airport serving , a town in the region in northwestern .

Pitch
, known as Kerecisvöllurinn for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in , and the home of Vestri and Knattspyrnufélagið Hörður. It broke ground in 1963 and was opened on 18 July 1964.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ísafjörður and Hnífsdalur.

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is a town in the northwest of . The oldest part of with the town centre is located on a spit of sand, or eyri, in Skutulsfjörður, a fjord which meets the waters of the larger fjord .

Village
is a small village in the municipality of Ísafjarðarbær, located between and . The literal meaning of the name is "Knife's Valley". is situated 4 km north of Ísafjarðarbær.

Ísafjarðarbær

Latitude
66.0759° or 66° 4′ 33″ north
Longitude
-23.1279° or 23° 7′ 41″ west
Population
3,830
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
99RR3VGC+8R
Geo­Names ID
3415669
Wiki­data ID
Q291780
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Ísafjarðarbær” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Ísafjarðarbær
  • Albanian: Ísafjarðarbær
  • Asturian: Ísafjarðarbær
  • Basque: Ísafjarðarbær
  • Catalan: Isafjardarbaer
  • Catalan: Ísafjarðarbær
  • Cebuano: Ísafjarðarbær
  • Chinese: Ísafjarðarbær
  • Chinese: 伊萨菲亚扎拜尔
  • Danish: Ísafjarðarbær
  • Dutch: Isafjardarbaer
  • Dutch: Ísafjarðarbær
  • Dutch: Isafjardharbaer
  • Dutch: Ísafjardharbaer
  • Finnish: Ísafjarðarbær
  • French: Isafjardarbaer
  • French: Ísafjarðarbær
  • German: Hnífsdalur
  • German: Isafjardarbaer
  • German: Ísafjarðarbær
  • German: Thingeyri
  • Hebrew: אונדרפויורדור
  • Hungarian: Ísafjarðarbær
  • Icelandic: Ísafjarðarbær
  • Indonesian: Ísafjarðarbær
  • Irish: Ísafjarðarbær
  • Italian: Isafjardarbaer
  • Italian: Ísafjarðarbær
  • Japanese: イーサフィヤルザルバイル
  • Korean: 이사퍄르다르바이르
  • Min Nan Chinese: Ísafjarðarbær
  • Northern Sami: Ísafjarðarbær
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Isafjardarbær
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ísafjarðarbær
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Isafjardarbær
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Isafjarðarbær
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Ísafjarðarbær
  • Norwegian: Ísafjarðarbær
  • Polish: Ísafjarðarbær
  • Portuguese: Ísafjarðarbær
  • Russian: Исафьярдарбайр
  • Scots: Ísafjarðarbær
  • Slovenian: Ísafjarðarbær
  • Spanish: Isafjardarbaer
  • Spanish: Isafjardarbær
  • Spanish: Isafjarðarbær
  • Spanish: Ísafjardarbær
  • Spanish: Ísafjarðarbær
  • Swedish: Ísafjarðarbær
  • Turkish: Ísafjarðarbær
  • Ukrainian: Ісаф’ярдарбайр
  • Welsh: Isafjardarbaer
  • Welsh: Ísafjarðarbær

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Highlights include Maritime Museum and Skutulsfjörður.

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