ISO 3166-2:IS

ISO 3166-2:IS is the entry for Iceland in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.

Currently for Iceland, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 8 regions and 64 municipalities.

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is IS, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Iceland and the second part is a digit (1–8) for regions or three letters for municipalities.

Current codes edit

Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).

Map of the regions of Iceland

Regions edit

CodeSubdivision name (is)Subdivision name (en)[a]
IS-7AusturlandEastern Region
IS-1HöfuðborgarsvæðiCapital Region
IS-6Norðurland eystraNortheastern Region
IS-5Norðurland vestraNorthwestern Region
IS-8SuðurlandSouthern Region
IS-2SuðurnesSouthern Peninsula
IS-4VestfirðirWestfjords
IS-3VesturlandWestern Region

Municipalities edit

CodeSubdivision name (is)Subdivision name (en)[a]Region
IS-AKNAkraneskaupstaðurAkranes (Market) Town3
IS-AKUAkureyrarbærAkureyri Town6
IS-ARNÁrneshreppurArnes District4
IS-ASAÁsahreppurAsa District8
IS-BLABláskógabyggðBlaskoga Settlement8
IS-BOLBolungarvíkurkaupstaðurBolungarvik (Market) Town4
IS-BOGBorgarbyggðBorgar Settlement3
IS-DABDalabyggðDala Settlement3
IS-DAVDalvíkurbyggðDalvik Settlement6
IS-EOMEyja- og MiklaholtshreppurEyja and Miklaholt District3
IS-EYFEyjafjarðarsveitEyjafjordur Village6
IS-FJLFjallabyggðFjalla Settlement6
IS-FJDFjarðabyggðFjarda Settlement7
IS-FLRFljótsdalshreppurFljotsdalur District7
IS-FLAFlóahreppurFloa District8
IS-GARGarðabærGarda Town1
IS-GOGGrímsnes- og GrafningshreppurGrimsnes and Grafnings District8
IS-GRNGrindavíkurbærGrindavik Town2
IS-GRUGrundarfjarðarbærGrundarfjordur Town3
IS-GRYGrýtubakkahreppurGrytubakka District6
IS-HAFHafnarfjarðarkaupstaðurHafnarfjordur (Market) Town1
IS-HRGHörgársveitHorgar Village6
IS-HRUHrunamannahreppurHrunamanna District8
IS-HUGHúnabyggðHuna Settlement5
IS-HUVHúnaþing vestraWestern Hunathing5
IS-HVAHvalfjarðarsveitHvalfjordur Village3
IS-HVEHveragerðisbærHveragerdi Town8
IS-ISAÍsafjarðarbærIsafjordur Town4
IS-KALKaldrananeshreppurKaldrananes District4
IS-KJOKjósarhreppurKjosar District1
IS-KOPKópavogsbærKopavogur Town1
IS-LANLanganesbyggðLanganes Settlement6
IS-MOSMosfellsbærMosfell Town1
IS-MULMúlaþingMulathing7
IS-MYRMýrdalshreppurMyrdalur District8
IS-NORNorðurþingNordurthing6
IS-RGERangárþing eystraEastern Rangarthing8
IS-RGYRangárþing ytraOuter Rangarthing8
IS-RHHReykhólahreppurReykhola District4
IS-RKNReykjanesbærReykjanes Town2
IS-RKVReykjavíkurborgReykjavik City1
IS-SELSeltjarnarnesbærSeltjarnarnes Town1
IS-SKFSkaftárhreppurSkaftar District8
IS-SKGSkagabyggðSkaga Settlement5
IS-SKRSkagafjörðurSkagafjordur5
IS-SOGSkeiða- og GnúpverjahreppurSkeida and Gnupverja District8
IS-SKOSkorradalshreppurSkorradalur District3
IS-SNFSnæfellsbærSnaefell Town3
IS-STRStrandabyggðStranda Settlement4
IS-STYStykkishólmsbærStykkisholmur Town3
IS-SDVSúðavíkurhreppurSudavik District4
IS-SDNSuðurnesjabærSudurnesja Town2
IS-SBTSvalbarðsstrandarhreppurSvalbardsstrond District6
IS-SFASveitarfélagið ÁrborgArborg Township8
IS-SHFSveitarfélagið HornafjörðurHornafjordur Township7
IS-SOLSveitarfélagið ÖlfusOlfus Township8
IS-SSSSveitarfélagið SkagaströndSkagastrond Township5
IS-SVGSveitarfélagið VogarVogar Township2
IS-TALTálknafjarðarhreppurTalknafjordur District4
IS-TJOTjörneshreppurTjornes District6
IS-VEMVestmannaeyjabærVestmannaeyja Town8
IS-VERVesturbyggðWestern Settlement4
IS-VOPVopnafjarðarhreppurVopnafjordur District7
IS-THGÞingeyjarsveitThingeyjar Village6
Notes
  1. ^ a b For reference only, English name not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.

Changes edit

The following changes to the entry are listed on ISO's online catalogue, the Online Browsing Platform:

Effective date of changeShort description of change (en)
2015-11-27Deletion of region IS-0
2020-11-24Addition of category municipality; Addition of municipality IS-AKH, IS-AKN, IS-AKU, IS-ARN, IS-ASA, IS-BFJ, IS-BLA, IS-BLO, IS-BOG, IS-BOL, IS-DAB, IS-DAV, IS-DJU, IS-EOM, IS-EYF, IS-FJD, IS-FJL, IS-FLA, IS-FLD, IS-FLR, IS-GAR, IS-GOG, IS-GRN, IS-GRU, IS-GRY, IS-HAF, IS-HEL, IS-HRG, IS-HRU, IS-HUT, IS-HUV, IS-HVA, IS-HVE, IS-ISA, IS-KAL, IS-KJO, IS-KOP, IS-LAN, IS-MOS, IS-MYR, IS-NOR, IS-RGE, IS-RGY, IS-RHH, IS-RHN, IS-RKV, IS-SBH, IS-SBT, IS-SDN, IS-SDV, IS-SEL, IS-SEY, IS-SFA, IS-SHF, IS-SKF, IS-SKG, IS-SKO, IS-SKU, IS-SNF, IS-SOG, IS-SOL, IS-SSF, IS-SSS, IS-STR, IS-STY, IS-SVG, IS-TAL, IS-THG, IS-TJO, IS-VEM, IS-VER, IS-VOP; Update List Source; Update Code Source
2021-11-25Deletion of municipality IS-BFJ, IS-DJU, IS-FLD, IS-SEY; Addition of municipality IS-MUL; Update List Source
2022-11-29Deletion of municipality IS-AKH, IS-BLO, IS-HEL, IS-HUT, IS-SBH, IS-SKU, IS-SSF; Addition of municipality IS-HUG, IS-SKR

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