Fáskrúðsfjörður

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
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

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

External links

Media related to Fáskrúðsfjörður at Wikimedia Commons

• (Icelandic) Fáskrúðsfjörður page on Fjarðabyggð municipal website

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