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Akranes

Northern Europe

Akranes is a port town and municipality on the west coast of Iceland, around 50 kilometers north of the capital Reykjavik.

Facts
Population
8285 1
Area (sq km)
10 1
Founding Year
1604 1
Population Estimate Year
2025 1
Elevation (m)
9 1
Latitude
64.316667 degrees north 1
Longitude
22.1 degrees west 1
Elevation Band
Sea Level 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+00:00 2
Sources
1. Akranes (Wikidata)
  • P571 (inception)
    +1604-00-00T00:00:00Z
  • P1082 (population)
    population 8,285 (2025)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 64.316667, longitude -22.1
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 9 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 10.0 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 8285 (2025)
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2. GeoNames: Akranes - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 3418653
    64.32179 -22.0749 P PPLA2 IS 45 3000 7411 8 Atlantic/Reykjavik
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 8 m
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 64.25, -22.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 64.25, -22.25
64.25 -22.25 Cfc
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Wikidata: Akranes
Wikidata Q107398, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
Akranes (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Northern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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