Stokkseyri

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Stokkseyri
— Town —
Location of the Municipality of Árborg
Stokkseyri Location in Iceland
Coordinates: 63°50′N 21°03′W / 63.833°N 21.05°W / 63.833; -21.05
Country	Iceland
Constituency^[1]	Suðurkjördæmi
Region^[2]	Suðurland
County	Árnessýsla
Municipality	Árborg
Population (2011)
• Total	445
Time zone	GMT (UTC+0)
Website	Official website

Stokkseyri, a small town in Southern Iceland, with a population of around 445 inhabitants.

[edit] Overview

Founded around 900 AD by the settler Hásteinn Atlason. It was an important fishing and trading village in previous times, and now it's become more of a tourist attraction.^[3] The town is founded on the Great Þjórsá lava.

The school is Barnaskólinn á Eyrarbakka og Stokkseyri.

The experimental artistic collaboration Jónsi & Alex wrote a song named after the town which appears as track 4 on their album, Riceboy Sleeps.

[edit] References

^ Political division
^ Mainly statistical division
^ "Stokkseyri town official website". http://www.stokkseyri.is.

v t e 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.

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