Vesturbyggð

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Vesturbyggð
COA Vesturbyggd.png
Basic data
State : IcelandIceland Iceland
Region: Vestfirdir
Constituency : Norðvesturkjördæmi
Sýsla : Vestur-Barðastrandarsýsla
Population: 998 (January 1, 2019)
Surface: 1339 km²
Population density: 0.75 inhabitants / km²
Post Code: 450, 451 (Patreksfjörður)
465 (Bíldudalur)
politics
Community number 4607
Mayor: Ásthildur Sturludóttir
Contact
Address of the municipal administration: Aðalstræti 63
450 Patreksfirði
Website: www.vesturbyggd.is
map
Location of Vesturbyggð

Coordinates: 65 ° 36 ′  N , 24 ° 0 ′  W

Vesturbyggð is an Icelandic municipality in the Vestfirðir region . On January 1, 2019, the community had 998 inhabitants.

history

View of Patreksfjörður, the largest town in the municipality
The oldest steel ship in Iceland rests at Patreksfjörður

The community was created on June 11, 1994 through the merger of the four rural communities

  • Barðaströnd ( Barðastrandarhreppur ),
  • Rauðasandur ( Rauðasandshreppur ),
  • Patrekshreppur and
  • Bíldudalur ( Bíldudalshreppur ).

On the land side, it completely encloses the rural community of Tálknafjörður . The largest place is Patreksfjörður with 675 inhabitants, 208 people live in Bíldudalur. Vesturbyggð also includes Krossholt , which as of 2007 had 19 residents.

Patreksfjörður

Patreksfjörður is a fishing village that was granted town charter in 1954. It is located on the north side of the fjord of the same name .

The town's airport is opposite on the south side of the fjord. Patreksfjörður is 403 kilometers by road from Reykjavík . The distance to the westernmost point of Iceland Bjargtangar , which is on the municipal area, is around 60 km.

Bíldudalur

The small fishing village of Bíldudalur lives mainly from fishing and specializes in catching and processing crabs.

Population development

The population decline between 1997 and 2006 was 25%.

date Residents
Dec. 1, 1997: 1,248
Dec. 1, 2003: 1,073
Dec. 1, 2004: 1,020
Dec. 1, 2005: 0.965
Dec. 1, 2006: 0.937
Jan. 1, 2012: 0.910
Jan. 1, 2014: 0.949

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bæjarstjóri ( Icelandic ) Vesturbyggð. Retrieved January 9, 2016.