Ísafjörður
Ísafjörður | |
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Town | |
Ísafjörður | |
Location of the Municipality of Ísafjarðarbær | |
| Coordinates: 66°04′N 23°07′W / 66.067°N 23.117°W | |
| Country | Iceland |
| Constituency | Northwest Constituency |
| Region | Westfjords |
| Municipality | Ísafjarðarbær |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Arna Lára Jónsdóttir |
| Population (1 January 2023) | |
• Total | 2,744 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| Postal code | 400, 401 |
| Website | Official website |
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Ísafjörður (pronounced [ˈiːsaˌfjœrðʏr̥] ⓘ, meaning ice fjord, literally fjord of ices) is a town in the northwest of Iceland.
The oldest part of Ísafjörður 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 Ísafjarðardjúp. With a population of about 2,600, Ísafjörður is the largest settlement in the peninsula of Vestfirðir (Westfjords) and the administration centre of the Ísafjarðarbær municipality, which includes—besides Ísafjörður—the nearby villages of Hnífsdalur, Flateyri, Suðureyri, and Þingeyri.