Hafnir () is a town in southwestern
Iceland
Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...
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It is situated in the
Reykjanes peninsula and has 109 inhabitants (as of 2011). The current population as of February 2024 is estimated to be 200-700.
In 1994 the inhabitants of Hafnir,
Njarðvík and
Keflavík agreed to form a municipality called Reykjanesbær with a population of 20,416 (July 2022).
A cabin in Hafnir abandoned between 770 and 880 provides the earliest known archaeological evidence of
settlement in Iceland.
In 1881, the American ship ''
Jamestown'' ran aground off Hafnir with no one aboard. Its cargo of timber was salvaged and sold off. The ship's anchor is on display outside the village church.
References
Populated places in Southern Peninsula (Iceland)
Keflavík
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