Hörgársveit
Hörgársveit | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 Location of the Municipality of Hörgársveit | |
| Country |  Iceland |
| Constituency[1] | Northeast Constituency |
| Region[2] | Norðurland eystra |
| County | Eyjafjarðarsýsla |
| Area | |
| • Total | 894 km2 (345 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 600 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| Website | Official website |
Arnarneshreppur | |
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Former Municipality | |
 Location of the former Municipality of Arnarneshreppur | |
| Country | Iceland |
| • Summer (DST) | [[UTC66°11′N 18°53′W / 66.183°N 18.883°W]] |
Hörgárbyggð | |
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Former Municipality | |
 Location of the former Municipality of Hörgárbyggð | |
| Country | Iceland |
| • Summer (DST) | [[UTC66°11′N 18°53′W / 66.183°N 18.883°W]] |
Hörgársveit is a municipality located in north-central Iceland, in Norðurland eystra. Its seat is the village of Lónsbakki and as of 2011[update] the population was 600.[3]
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 the municipality of Arnarnes (Arnarneshreppur) to form the current municipality of Hörgársveit.
Geography
Located on the Eyjafjörður, to the north of Akureyri, Hörgársveit is made up of several villages, principally Þelamörk, Lónsbakki (115 inhabitants) and Hjalteyri (37 inhabitants), the seat of the former municipality of Arnarnes.
References
- ^ Political division
- ^ Mainly statistical division
- ^ Statistics Iceland - Population of Municipalities