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Hólmavík
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Hólmavík () is a village in the western part of Iceland, by Steingrímsfjörður.
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Hólmavík
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Holmavik0.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- The village of Hólmavík
- Settlement.image_map
- Strandabyggd map.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the Municipality of Strandabyggð
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- Iceland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Constituency
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Northwest Constituency
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Westfjords
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Strandabyggð
- Settlement.population_as_of
- January 2011
- Settlement.population_total
- 375
- Settlement.postal_code_type
- Póstnúmer
- Settlement.postal_code
- 510
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Hólmavík
- Country
- Iceland
- Located in
- Westfjords
- Population
- 320
- Official website
- www.holmavik.is
- Image
- Holmavik0.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
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Hólmavík () is a village in the western part of Iceland, by Steingrímsfjörður.
It is the largest settlement in Strandir and serves as a centre of commerce for the county. Hólmavík is part of the Strandabyggð municipality and has 375 inhabitants (2011 census). Hólmavík is home to the Museum of Icelandic Sorcery and Witchcraft and the Holmadrangur shrimp processing plant. The modern church was built in 1968.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hólmavík” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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