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Neskaupstaður — Town — View of Neskaupstaður
Location of the Municipality of Fjarðabyggð
Location in Iceland
NeskaupstaðurCoordinates: 65°09′N 13°42′W / 65.15°N 13.7°W Country 
IcelandConstituency[1] 
NorðausturkjördæmiRegion[2] 
AusturlandCounty 
Suður-MúlasýslaMunicipality 
FjarðabyggðPopulation (2008) – Total 1,437 Time zone GMT (UTC+0) Website Official website Neskaupstaður is a town located on the fjord Norðfjörður on the eastern side of Iceland. It is part of the municipality of Fjarðabyggð and, as of 2011, it has a population of 1,437.
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History
It suffered severe depopulation in the 1990s, but this has been reversed as a result of the building of an aluminum smelter and a new hydroelectric power-plant in East Iceland.
Neskaupstaður joined Eskifjörður and Reyðarfjörður in 1998 to form the new municipality of Fjarðabyggð ("fjords-settlement").
The 2002 Icelandic movie Hafið (The Sea) was filmed almost entirely in and around Neskaupstaður.
Geography
The other villages composing the municipality are: Eskifjörður (1,043 inh.), Fáskrúðsfjörður (662 inh.), Mjóifjörður (35 inh.), Reyðarfjörður (1,102 inh.) and Stöðvarfjörður (203 inh.).[3]
Economy
Síldarvinnslan h/f operates one of the most advanced fish processing plants in Europe, it mainly produces fish for human consumption.
Twin towns
Photogallery
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Norðfjörður. Neskaupstaður lies to the extreme right, out of picture
References
- ^ Political division
- ^ Mainly statistical division
- ^ (Icelandic) Infos on Fjarðabyggð municipal website
External links
- (Icelandic) Neskaupstaður page on Fjarðabyggð municipal website
- (Icelandic) Official website of the Fjarðabyggð community
Cities and towns1 in Iceland Álftanes • Akranes • Akureyri • Blönduós • Bolungarvík • Borgarnes • Dalvík • Egilsstaðir • Eskifjörður • Eyrarbakki • Fáskrúðsfjörður • Garðabær • Garður • Grindavík • Grundarfjörður • Hafnarfjörður • Hella • Höfn • Húsavík • Hvammstangi • Hveragerði • Hvolsvöllur • Ísafjörður • Keflavík • Kópavogur • Mosfellsbær • Neskaupstaður • Njarðvík • Ólafsfjörður • Ólafsvík • Patreksfjörður • Reyðarfjörður • Reykjavík • Sandgerði • Sauðárkrókur • Selfoss • Seltjarnarnes • Seyðisfjörður • Siglufjörður • Skagaströnd • Stokkseyri • Stykkishólmur • Þorlákshöfn • Vestmannaeyjar • Vík í Mýrdal • Vogar • Vopnafjörður
1Icelandic settlements with city or town status. Not to be confused with the municipalities.Categories:- Populated places in Iceland
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