Stokkseyri
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| Stokkseyri | |
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 Stokkseyri
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| Coordinates: 63°50′N 21°03′W / 63.833°N 21.050°W | |
| 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.
Overview [edit]
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.
The Knarraros lighthouse, which is a unique blen of the functionalism and art novueau styles, is located about 5 km (3.1 mi) away.
References [edit]
- ^ Political division
- ^ Mainly statistical division
- ^ "Stokkseyri town official website".
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Coordinates: 63°50′08″N 21°03′02″W / 63.835522°N 21.050491°W
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