Hörgársveit

Hörgársveit
—  Municipality  —
Location of the Municipality of Hörgársveit
Country  Iceland
Constituency[1] Norðausturkjördæmi
Region[2] Norðurland eystra
County Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Area
 • Total 894 km2 (345.2 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 600
Time zone GMT (UTC+0)
Website Official website
Arnarneshreppur
—  Former Municipality  —
Location of the former Municipality of Arnarneshreppur
Country  Iceland
Hörgárbyggð
—  Former Municipality  —
Location of the former Municipality of Hörgárbyggð
Country  Iceland

Hörgársveit, also named Hörgárbyggð, 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 1st 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.

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

  1. ^ Political division
  2. ^ Mainly statistical division
  3. ^ Statistics Iceland - Population of Municipalities

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