Skarð, Iceland

Skarð is a small village and church parish in southwestern Iceland in the Rangárþing ytra municipality (before 2002: Landsveit), Rangárvallasýsla county, and Southern Region, along road 26 (Landvegur), northwest of Hekla.

Skarð
Village
Skarðskirkja, the Skarð church
Location of the Municipality of Rangárþing ytra
Skarð
Location of Skarð in Iceland
Coordinates: 63°45′N 20°37′W
Country Iceland
ConstituencySouth Constituency
RegionSouthern Region
MunicipalityRangárþing ytra
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

The present Skarð church was built in 1931. The parish shares a priest with four other church parishes (Árbæjar, Haga, Kálfholts, Marteinstungu) under the name Fellsmúlaprestakall.[1] This parish and church is called "Skarðskirkja á Landi" to disambiguate from other places named Skarð. The original catholic church was devoted to archangel Michael.[2]

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