ISO 3166-2:IS

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Short description: Entry for Iceland in ISO 3166-2

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

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

Code Subdivision name (is) Subdivision name (en)[note 1]
IS-7 Austurland Eastern Region
IS-1 Höfuðborgarsvæði Capital Region
IS-6 Norðurland eystra Northeastern Region
IS-5 Norðurland vestra Northwestern Region
IS-8 Suðurland Southern Region
IS-2 Suðurnes Southern Peninsula
IS-4 Vestfirðir Westfjords
IS-3 Vesturland Western Region

Municipalities

Code Subdivision name (is) Subdivision name (en)[note 2] Region
IS-AKN Akraneskaupstaður Akranes (Market) Town 3
IS-AKU Akureyrarbær Akureyri Town 6
IS-ARN Árneshreppur Arnes District 4
IS-ASA Ásahreppur Asa District 8
IS-BLA Bláskógabyggð Blaskoga Settlement 8
IS-BOL Bolungarvíkurkaupstaður Bolungarvik (Market) Town 4
IS-BOG Borgarbyggð Borgar Settlement 3
IS-DAB Dalabyggð Dala Settlement 3
IS-DAV Dalvíkurbyggð Dalvik Settlement 6
IS-EOM Eyja- og Miklaholtshreppur Eyja and Miklaholt District 3
IS-EYF Eyjafjarðarsveit Eyjafjordur Village 6
IS-FJL Fjallabyggð Fjalla Settlement 6
IS-FJD Fjarðabyggð Fjarda Settlement 7
IS-FLR Fljótsdalshreppur Fljotsdalur District 7
IS-FLA Flóahreppur Floa District 8
IS-GAR Garðabær Garda Town 1
IS-GOG Grímsnes- og Grafningshreppur Grimsnes and Grafnings District 8
IS-GRN Grindavíkurbær Grindavik Town 2
IS-GRU Grundarfjarðarbær Grundarfjordur Town 3
IS-GRY Grýtubakkahreppur Grytubakka District 6
IS-HAF Hafnarfjarðarkaupstaður Hafnarfjordur (Market) Town 1
IS-HRG Hörgársveit Horgar Village 6
IS-HRU Hrunamannahreppur Hrunamanna District 8
IS-HUG Húnabyggð Huna Settlement 5
IS-HUV Húnaþing vestra Western Hunathing 5
IS-HVA Hvalfjarðarsveit Hvalfjordur Village 3
IS-HVE Hveragerðisbær Hveragerdi Town 8
IS-ISA Ísafjarðarbær Isafjordur Town 4
IS-KAL Kaldrananeshreppur Kaldrananes District 4
IS-KJO Kjósarhreppur Kjosar District 1
IS-KOP Kópavogsbær Kopavogur Town 1
IS-LAN Langanesbyggð Langanes Settlement 6
IS-MOS Mosfellsbær Mosfell Town 1
IS-MUL Múlaþing Mulathing 7
IS-MYR Mýrdalshreppur Myrdalur District 8
IS-NOR Norðurþing Nordurthing 6
IS-RGE Rangárþing eystra Eastern Rangarthing 8
IS-RGY Rangárþing ytra Outer Rangarthing 8
IS-RHH Reykhólahreppur Reykhola District 4
IS-RKN Reykjanesbær Reykjanes Town 2
IS-RKV Reykjavíkurborg Reykjavik City 1
IS-SEL Seltjarnarnesbær Seltjarnarnes Town 1
IS-SKF Skaftárhreppur Skaftar District 8
IS-SKG Skagabyggð Skaga Settlement 5
IS-SKR Skagafjörður Skagafjordur 5
IS-SOG Skeiða- og Gnúpverjahreppur Skeida and Gnupverja District 8
IS-SKO Skorradalshreppur Skorradalur District 3
IS-SNF Snæfellsbær Snaefell Town 3
IS-STR Strandabyggð Stranda Settlement 4
IS-STY Stykkishólmsbær Stykkisholmur Town 3
IS-SDV Súðavíkurhreppur Sudavik District 4
IS-SDN Suðurnesjabær Sudurnesja Town 2
IS-SBT Svalbarðsstrandarhreppur Svalbardsstrond District 6
IS-SFA Sveitarfélagið Árborg Arborg Township 8
IS-SHF Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður Hornafjordur Township 7
IS-SOL Sveitarfélagið Ölfus Olfus Township 8
IS-SSS Sveitarfélagið Skagaströnd Skagastrond Township 5
IS-SVG Sveitarfélagið Vogar Vogar Township 2
IS-TAL Tálknafjarðarhreppur Talknafjordur District 4
IS-TJO Tjörneshreppur Tjornes District 6
IS-VEM Vestmannaeyjabær Vestmannaeyja Town 8
IS-VER Vesturbyggð Western Settlement 4
IS-VOP Vopnafjarðarhreppur Vopnafjordur District 7
IS-THG Þingeyjarsveit Thingeyjar Village 6

Notes

  1. For reference only, English region name not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.
  2. For reference only, English municipality name not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.

Changes

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

Effective date of change Short description of change (en)
2015-11-27 Deletion of region IS-0
2020-11-24 Addition 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
2021-11-25 Deletion of municipality IS-BFJ, IS-DJU, IS-FLD, IS-SEY; Addition of municipality IS-MUL; Update List Source
2022-11-29 Deletion of municipality IS-AKH, IS-BLO, IS-HEL, IS-HUT, IS-SBH, IS-SKU, IS-SSF; Addition of municipality IS-HUG, IS-SKR

See also

  • Administrative divisions of Iceland
  • FIPS region codes of Iceland
  • NUTS statistical regions of Iceland

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