Country Iceland Region Northeastern Region Post Code 680 Local time Sunday 6:16 AM Municipality Langanesbyggð | Constituency Northeast Constituency Time zone GMT (UTC+0) Website Official website Population 380 (2011) Number of airports 1 | |
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Weather 1°C, Wind W at 6 km/h, 88% Humidity | ||
Þórshöfn is a small fishing village in northeast Iceland, located on the northern coast of the Langanes peninsula on the Þistilfjörður bay.
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The village has a population of 380 people. It is the administrative centre of Langanesbyggð municipality and of the neighbouring Svalbarðshreppur municipality. In Þórshöfn there is a year-round service to tourists, and Air Iceland connects the village to Akureyri and Reykjavík with seasonal flights from Þórshöfn Airport.
Þórshöfn is also the Icelandic name of Tórshavn (capital of the Faroe Islands).
Climate
The climate is arctic (Koppen: ET) with cold winters and cool summers.
References
Þórshöfn Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA