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Breiðholt () is a southeastern district of Reykjavík, Iceland. It includes three neighbourhoods: Neðra-Breiðholt (Bakkar , Mjódd and Stekkir ), Efra-Breiðholt (Hólar , Berg and Fell ) and Seljahverfi (Sel ). It is one of the largest districts in Reykjavík, with a population of around 20,000.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Breiðholt
Settlement.settlement_type
District
Settlement.image_skyline
Fjolbraut breidholti.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Entrance to the secondary school in Breiðholt
Settlement.image_map
Reykjavík map (D06-Breiðholt).png
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Reykjavík
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2
5.5
Settlement.area_urban_km2
4.7
Settlement.population_total
22.795
Settlement.population_as_of
2023
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.postal_code_type
Postal code
Settlement.postal_code
IS-109, IS-111

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Breiðholt () is a southeastern district of Reykjavík, Iceland. It includes three neighbourhoods: Neðra-Breiðholt (Bakkar , Mjódd and Stekkir ), Efra-Breiðholt (Hólar , Berg and Fell ) and Seljahverfi (Sel ). It is one of the largest districts in Reykjavík, with a population of around 20,000.

The neighborhood has the highest amount of foreign-born residents of any in Reykjavík.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Breiðholt” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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