Hreppur
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A hreppur is a rural municipality in Iceland. These administrative units are primarily made up of rural villages, with few or no towns, and are headed by the "Hreppstjóri".
It is one of the oldest Icelandic administrative units, probably dating back to before 1000 AD, when a hreppur had at least twenty freeholders. The term hreppur is mentioned in the Gray Goose Laws (Grágás) and the Law of Iceland (Jónsbók).
The use of the term "hreppur" is in decline as urban communities merge into new municipalities.
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