Vesturbyggð

Municipality in Westfjords, Iceland

Coat of arms

Location of Vesturbyggð

Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈvɛstʏrˌpɪɣθ] ^ⓘ) is a municipality located in the Westfjords in Iceland. In Vesturbyggð, there are Patreksfjörður with 721 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.^[1]

Twin towns – sister cities

Vesturbyggð terminated all its twinnings in 2018.^[2]

Previously it was twinned with:

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

References

^ Hugrún Hannesdóttir Diego (28 October 2023). "Samþykktu nýtt sameinað sveitarfélag á Vestfjörðum" (in Icelandic). RÚV. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
^ "Bæjarstjórn #319". vesturbyggd.is (in Icelandic). Vesturbyggð. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2020.