title: Borðeyri
text: # 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.
  
  