Sandgerði
Sign in to saveSandgerði (), also known as Sandgerðisbær (, ), is a town in southwestern Iceland on the Southern Peninsula. It is part of the municipality of Suðurnesjabær, formed in 2018 when it merged with Garður.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in city_region, across 2 mapped points.
Within Vinony's link graph, Sandgerði is referenced by 89 other articles, and connects out to Iceland, Reykjavík and geographic coordinate system.
It sits within the topics Former municipalities of Iceland, Populated places disestablished in 2018 and Populated places in Southern Peninsula (Iceland).
Its subject is documented across 27 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Sandgerði
- Region
- Southern Peninsula
- Country
- Ísland
- Population
- 1,609
- Timezone
- Atlantic/Reykjavik
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Sandgerði
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Sandgerði 2023 A(1).jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Aerial view of Sandgerði
- Settlement.shield_size
- 85px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Iceland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Iceland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Southern Peninsula
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Constituency
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Southwest Constituency
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Suðurnesjabær
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Sigrún Árnadóttir
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Iceland
- Located in
- Southern Peninsula Region
- Population
- 1779
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Official website
- www.sandgerdi.is
- Image
- Sandgerði 2023 B.jpg
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- Commons category
- Sandgerði
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2018-06-10
- merged into
- Suðurnesjabær
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Encyclopedic overview
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- External links
Sandgerði (), also known as Sandgerðisbær (, ), is a town in southwestern Iceland on the Southern Peninsula. It is part of the municipality of Suðurnesjabær, formed in 2018 when it merged with Garður.
Sandgerði began to develop as a fishing village in the second half of the nineteenth century as motorboats replaced row boats in the industry.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sandgerði” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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