Þorlákshafnarprestkall Explained

Þorlákshafnarprestkall is a Lutheran (Church of Iceland) parish in southern Iceland, located within Árnessýsla. It is part of the Suðurprófastsdæmi (Southern Federation of Parishes).^[1]

Þorlákshafnarprestkall administrates three parish churches: Þorlákskirkja, Hjallakirkja, and Strandarkirkja, the latter two having been absorbed into the parish due to the lack of population within them.^[2]

Notes and References

1. http://kirkjan.is/sudurland/profastsd%C3%A6mi%C3%B0/ Suðurprófastsdæmi
2. http://statice.is/?PageID=1180&src=https://rannsokn.hagstofa.is/pxen/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=MAN10299%26ti=Population+by+parishes%2C+congregations+and+deaneries+1+December+2013+%26path=../Database/mannfjoldi/Trufelog/%26lang=1%26units=Number Population by parishes, congregations and deaneries 1 December 2013