Siglufjörður
Siglufjörður | |
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Town | |
Siglufjörður | |
| Nickname(s): "Síldarbærinn" (Herring Town), Sigló' | |
Location of the Municipality of Fjallabyggð | |
| Coordinates: 66°9′7″N 18°54′32″W / 66.15194°N 18.90889°W | |
| Country | Iceland |
| Constituency | Northeast Constituency |
| Region | Northeastern Region |
| Municipality | Fjallabyggð |
| Area | |
• Total | 155 km2 (60 sq mi) |
| Population (January 2019) | |
• Total | 1,184 |
| • Density | 9.28/km2 (24.0/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 580 |
| Website | Municipal website |
Siglufjörður | |
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Former Municipality | |
Location of the former Municipality of Siglufjörður | |
| Coordinates: 66°11′N 18°53′W / 66.183°N 18.883°W | |
| Country | Iceland |
Siglufjörður (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈsɪklʏˌfjœrðʏr̥] ⓘ) is a small fishing town in a narrow fjord with the same name on the northern coast of Iceland.
The population in 2011 was 1,206; the town has been shrinking in size since the 1950s when the town reached its peak of 3,000 inhabitants.
The municipalities of Ólafsfjörður and Siglufjörður, connected since 2010 by the Héðinsfjörður Tunnels, merged in 2006 to form a municipality called Fjallabyggð, which literally means Mountain Settlement.
Siglufjörður is the site of The Herring Era Museum, a maritime museum which opened in 1994.