Borgarnes is a town on a peninsula on the shore of Borgarfjörður in western Iceland and the largest town in the Borgarbyggð municipality, with about 3,800 residents. It is a major road junction and the gateway to Snaefellsnes National Park, lying 69 kilometers from the capital Reykjavik, to which it is connected by Iceland's second-longest bridge, the Borgarfjarðarbrú.
Facts
Founding Year Sources
1. Borgarnes (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 2,181 (2023)
2. Borgarnes (Wikipedia)
History
Borgarnes was founded in the late nineteenth-century, in a region that served as the setting of Egil's Saga.
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