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Vesturbyggð
Municipality
Skyline of Vesturbyggð
Coat of arms
Location of Vesturbyggð
Vesturbyggð
Coordinates: 65°35′53″N 24°00′07″W / 65.598°N 24.002°W / 65.598; -24.002
Country	Iceland
Region	Westfjords
Constituency	Northwest Constituency
Government
• Mayor	Gerður Björk Sveinsdóttir
Area
• Total	1,511 km (583 sq mi)
Population
• Total	1,447
• Density	0.9/km (2/sq mi)
Postal code(s)	450, 451, 460, 465
Municipal number	4607
Website	vesturbyggd.is

Vesturbyggð (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈvɛstʏrˌpɪɣθ] ) is a municipality located in the Westfjords in Iceland. The municipality includes the towns of Patreksfjörður, with 721 inhabitants; Tálknafjörður, with 261 inhabitants; Bíldudalur, with 238 inhabitants; and Krossholt, with 19 inhabitants. The municipality is served by Patreksfjörður Airport and Bíldudalur Airport.

On 28 October 2023, residents voted to unify with Tálknafjarðarhreppur.

On 19 May 2024, Tálknafjörður municipality disbanded and the town joined the Vesturbyggð municipality.

Twin towns – sister cities

Vesturbyggð terminated all its twinnings in 2018.

Previously it was twinned with:

• Nordfyn, Denmark
• Svelvik, Norway
• Vadstena, Sweden
• Naantali, Finland

References

1. Ritstjórn (19 June 2024). "Vesturbyggð og Gerður Björk ráðin bæjarstjóri" (in Icelandic). Bæjarins Besta. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
2. Hugrún Hannesdóttir Diego (28 October 2023). "Samþykktu nýtt sameinað sveitarfélag á Vestfjörðum" (in Icelandic). RÚV. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
3. Ritstjórn (19 June 2024). "Vesturbyggð og Tálknafjörður: ráðning bæjarstjóra í dag" (in Icelandic). Bæjarins Besta. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
4. "Bæjarstjórn #319". vesturbyggd.is (in Icelandic). Vesturbyggð. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2020.

External links

• Official website (in Icelandic)

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