Hörgársveit
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| Hörgársveit | |
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| — Municipality — | |
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| Country |  Iceland |
| Constituency[1] | Norðausturkjördæmi |
| Region[2] | Norðurland eystra |
| County | Eyjafjarðarsýsla |
| Area | |
| • Total | 894 km2 (345 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 600 |
| Time zone | GMT (UTC+0) |
| Website | Official website |
| Arnarneshreppur | |
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| — Former Municipality — | |
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| Country | Iceland |
| Hörgárbyggð | |
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| — Former Municipality — | |
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| Country | Iceland |
Hörgársveit is a municipality located in northern-central Iceland, in Norðurland eystra. Its seat is in the village of Lónsbakki and, as of 2011, the population was of 600.[3]
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History
The former municipality of Hörgárbyggð was formed on 1 January 2001 by the union of the municipalities of Skriða (Skriðuhreppur), Öxnadalur (Öxnadalshreppur) and Glæsibær (Glæsibæjarhreppur). In 2010 Hörgárbyggð merged with Arnarneshreppur to form the actual municipality called Hörgársveit.
Geography
Located on the Eyjafjörður, in north of Akureyri, Hörgársveit is formed by several villages, principally Þelamörk, Lónsbakki (115 inh.) and Hjalteyri (37 inh.), the seat of the former municipality of Arnarnes.
References
- ^ Political division
- ^ Mainly statistical division
- ^ Statistics Iceland - Population of Municipalities
External links
- (Icelandic) Hörgársveit official website