Borðeyri
# Borðeyri

Borðeyri (Icelandic pronunciation: ​) is a hamlet in Húnaþing vestra municipality of the Westfjords in northwest Iceland.

It is a minor commercial centre for nearby farms. The population on 15 July 2018 was 16.

Borðeyri was previously part of the municipality Bæjarhreppur, which was one of the smallest in Iceland – having a population of about 100 in 2010 – and covered the west part of Hrútafjörður fjord. Bæjarhreppur merged into Húnaþing vestra on 1 January 2012.

In Borðeyri, there is a pre-school and an elementary school, a garage, and a guesthouse.

Prime Minister Sigurdur Eggerz and the painters Þorvaldur Skúlason and Karl Kvaran were born in Borðeyri.

