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)
IS-1 Höfuðborgarsvæði
IS-2 Suðurnes
IS-3 Vesturland
IS-4 Vestfirðir
IS-5 Norðurland vestra
IS-6 Norðurland eystra
IS-7 Austurland
IS-8 Suðurland

Municipalities

Code Subdivision name (is) Region
IS-AKN Akraneskaupstaður 3
IS-AKU Akureyrarbær 6
IS-ARN Árneshreppur 4
IS-ASA Ásahreppur 8
IS-BLA Bláskógabyggð 8
IS-BOG Borgarbyggð 3
IS-BOL Bolungarvíkurkaupstaður 4
IS-DAB Dalabyggð 3
IS-DAV Dalvíkurbyggð 6
IS-EOM Eyja- og Miklaholtshreppur 3
IS-EYF Eyjafjarðarsveit 6
IS-FJD Fjarðabyggð 7
IS-FJL Fjallabyggð 6
IS-FLA Flóahreppur 8
IS-FLR Fljótsdalshreppur 7
IS-GAR Garðabær 1
IS-GOG Grímsnes- og Grafningshreppur 8
IS-GRN Grindavíkurbær 2
IS-GRU Grundarfjarðarbær 3
IS-GRY Grýtubakkahreppur 6
IS-HAF Hafnarfjarðarkaupstaður 1
IS-HRG Hörgársveit 6
IS-HRU Hrunamannahreppur 8
IS-HUG Húnabyggð 5
IS-HUV Húnaþing vestra 5
IS-HVA Hvalfjarðarsveit 3
IS-HVE Hveragerðisbær 8
IS-ISA Ísafjarðarbær 4
IS-KAL Kaldrananeshreppur 4
IS-KJO Kjósarhreppur 1
IS-KOP Kópavogsbær 1
IS-LAN Langanesbyggð 6
IS-MOS Mosfellsbær 1
IS-MUL Múlaþing 7
IS-MYR Mýrdalshreppur 8
IS-NOR Norðurþing 6
IS-RGE Rangárþing eystra 8
IS-RGY Rangárþing ytra 8
IS-RHH Reykhólahreppur 4
IS-RKN Reykjanesbær 2
IS-RKV Reykjavíkurborg 1
IS-SBT Svalbarðsstrandarhreppur 6
IS-SDN Suðurnesjabær 2
IS-SDV Súðavíkurhreppur 4
IS-SEL Seltjarnarnesbær 1
IS-SFA Sveitarfélagið Árborg 8
IS-SHF Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður 7
IS-SKF Skaftárhreppur 8
IS-SKG Skagabyggð 5
IS-SKO Skorradalshreppur 3
IS-SKR Skagafjörður 5
IS-SNF Snæfellsbær 3
IS-SOG Skeiða- og Gnúpverjahreppur 8
IS-SOL Sveitarfélagið Ölfus 8
IS-SSS Sveitarfélagið Skagaströnd 5
IS-STR Strandabyggð 4
IS-STY Stykkishólmsbær 3
IS-SVG Sveitarfélagið Vogar 2
IS-TAL Tálknafjarðarhreppur 4
IS-THG Þingeyjarsveit 6
IS-TJO Tjörneshreppur 6
IS-VEM Vestmannaeyjabær 8
IS-VER Vesturbyggð 4
IS-VOP Vopnafjarðarhreppur 7

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

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