Snæfellsbær

Snæfellsbær (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈs(t)naiːˌfɛlsˌpaiːr̥] ^ⓘ) is a municipality located in western Iceland, in the southwestern part of the Snæfellsnes Peninsula. Its administrative centre is Hellissandur and the majority of the residents live in the coastal villages of Ólafsvík, then Hellissandur and Rif. There is a small airfield near Rif and at Gufuskálar the Hellissandur longwave radio mast.^[1] Along the municipality's south-east coast is the settlement of Búðir and the Hótel Búðir and closer to the volcano of Snæfellsjökull are the coastal villages of Hellnar and Arnarstapi.

Snæfellsbær
Municipality
Skyline of Snæfellsbær
Location of Snæfellsbær
Snæfellsbær
Coordinates: 64.898°N 23.705°W / 64.898; -23.705
Country	Iceland
Region	Western Region
Constituency	Northwest Constituency
Government
• Mayor	Kristinn Jónasson
Area
• Total	684 km2 (264 sq mi)
Population
• Total	1,691
• Density	2.47/km2 (6.4/sq mi)
Postal code(s)	355, 356, 360
Municipal number	3714
Website	snb.is

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Iceland

Snæfellsbær is twinned with:^[2]

• Vestmanna, Faroe Islands

See also

• Búðir
• Djúpalónssandur