Akranes

Summary

Akranes is a city^[1]. Akranes draws 606 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #678 of 5,534).^[2]

Key Facts

• Akranes is located in Akraneskaupstaður^[3].
• Akranes is in the country of Iceland^[4].
• Akranes's instance of is recorded as city^[5].
• Akranes's shares border with is recorded as Hvalfjarðarsveit^[6].
• Akranes's twinned administrative body is recorded as Västervik Municipality^[7].
• Akranes's twinned administrative body is recorded as Närpes^[8].
• Akranes's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bamble^[9].
• Akranes's postal code is recorded as 300^[10].
• Akranes's Commons category is recorded as Akranes^[11].
• Akranes's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[12].
• 1604 marks the founding of Akranes^[13].
• Akranes's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 64.316666666667, 'lon': -22.1}^[14].
• Akranes's official website is recorded as http://akranes.is^[15].
• Akranes's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Akranes^[16].
• Akranes has a population of {'amount': '+5267'}^[17].
• Akranes has a population of {'amount': '+5127'}^[18].
• Akranes has a population of {'amount': '+5125'}^[19].
• Akranes has a population of {'amount': '+5186'}^[20].
• Akranes has a population of {'amount': '+5340'}^[21].
• Akranes has a population of {'amount': '+5450'}^[22].
• Akranes has a population of {'amount': '+5510'}^[23].
• Akranes has a population of {'amount': '+5595'}^[24].
• Akranes has a population of {'amount': '+5588'}^[25].
• Akranes has a population of {'amount': '+5657'}^[26].
• Akranes has a population of {'amount': '+5786'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Akranes is in the country of Iceland^[4]. Akranes is located in Akraneskaupstaður^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Akranes covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+10'}^[28]. Akranes sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+9'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+5267'}^[17], {'amount': '+5127'}^[18], {'amount': '+5125'}^[19], {'amount': '+5186'}^[20], {'amount': '+5340'}^[21], and {'amount': '+5450'}^[22].

Designation and Status

Akranes's instance of is recorded as city^[5].

History and Context

1604 marks the founding of Akranes^[13].

Why It Matters

Akranes draws 606 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #678 of 5,534).^[2] Akranes has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] Akranes is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]