Vesturbyggð
Vesturbyggð is a municipality located in the Westfjords in Iceland.
Vesturbyggð | |
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 Skyline of Vesturbyggð | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Vesturbyggð | |
  Vesturbyggð Location of Vesturbyggð | |
| Coordinates: 65.598°N 24.002°W | |
| Country | Iceland |
| Region | Westfjords |
| Constituency | Northwest Constituency |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Rebekka Hilmarsdóttir |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,339 km2 (517 sq mi) |
| Population (2019) | |
| • Total | 1,010 |
| • Density | 0.71/km2 (1.8/sq mi) |
| Postal code(s) | 450, 451, 465 |
| Municipal number | 4607 |
| Website | vesturbyggd |
Geography
In Vesturbyggð there is the town Patreksfjörður with 627 inhabitants, Bíldudalur with 166 inhabitants and Krossholt with 19 inhabitants.
Transport
The municipality is served by Patreksfjörður Airport and Bíldudalur Airport.
Twin towns – sister cities
Vesturbyggð terminated all its twinnings in 2018.[1]
Previously it was twinned with:
References
- "Bæjarstjórn #319". vesturbyggd.is (in Icelandic). Vesturbyggð. 2018-03-21. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
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