Tálknafjörður

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Tálknafjörður Tálknafjarðarhreppur
Village and Municipality
GMT)
Póstnúmer	460
Website	Official website

Tálknafjörður (Icelandic pronunciation:

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The term is also used for the immediate village and municipality. In January 2024, the municipality had 261 inhabitants, of whom 256 lived within the town proper.

On the land side the municipality is surrounded by the municipality of Vesturbyggð. There is considerable cooperation between the two municipalities. In October 2023 inhabitants voted for the merger of the municipalities and that will happen in May 2024. The town of Tálknafjörður was formerly named Sveinseyri [ˈsveinsˌeiːrɪ] or Tunga [ˈtʰuŋka, ˈtʰʏŋka]. By road, the distance to Ísafjörður, the largest city in the West Fjords, is 137 km, and 403 km to Reykjavík. This distance can be significantly shortened by the ferry from Brjánslækur [ˈprjaunsˌlaiːkʏr̥] to Stykkishólmur.

Since 2006, there has been a small group of summerhouses for

tourists in Tálknafjörður. The houses are owned by Iceland Sea Angling.

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65°37′36″N 23°49′28″W / 65.6268°N 23.8244°W / 65.6268; -23.8244