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Patreksfjörður is a village in Vesturbyggð fjord is syðstur Center. Primary Industries include fishing, fish processing and service.
The fjord is named after the holy Patrick, patron of Ireland. Örlygur Hrappsson settler who was named in the Hebrides and he named the fjord after him. Before the trade at the Vatneyri, which is low penny which was once a lake or sea lagoon.
The lagoon was dug out in 1946 and Patrekshöfn made there. The current settlement is, however, mostly in the sector Ere and was built sometimes called Ear strands in the plural. Vatneyri / Geir Ere was trading ports in the era of monopoly. Guide to the village began to form a first dry camp in the mid-19th öld.