Tálknafjarðarhreppur

Also known as Talknafjardarhreppur

Tálknafjarðarhreppur () is a former municipality in Iceland. Its only settlement is Tálknafjörður. On the land side, the municipality had been surrounded by the municipality of Vesturbyggð.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Tálknafjarðarhreppur
Settlement.settlement_type: Former municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Tálknafjarðarkirkja í Tálknafjarðarprestakalli.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 250px
Settlement.image_caption: Skyline of Tálknafjarðarhreppur
Settlement.image_shield: COA Tálknafjörður.png
Settlement.shield_size: 85px
Settlement.image_map: Talknafjardarhreppur_map.png
Settlement.map_caption: Location of the municipality
Settlement.mapsize: 250px
Settlement.pushpin_map: Iceland
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Iceland
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Westfjords
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Constituency
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Northwest Constituency
Settlement.leader_title1: Manager

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: municipality of Iceland
Country: Iceland
Located in: Northwest
Capital: Tálknafjörður
Population: 268
Shares border with: Vesturbyggð
Official website: talknafjordur.is
Image: Tálknafjarðarkirkja í Tálknafjarðarprestakalli.jpg

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different from: Tálknafjörður
Commons category: Tálknafjarðarhreppur
postal code: 460
email address: mailto:[email protected]

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Tálknafjarðarhreppur () is a former municipality in Iceland. Its only settlement is Tálknafjörður. On the land side, the municipality had been surrounded by the municipality of Vesturbyggð.

In October 2023, residents voted to unify with Vesturbyggð. The unification officially took place in 2024.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tálknafjarðarhreppur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.