Fljótsdalshreppur
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Fljótsdalshreppur () is a municipality in Iceland. The Municipality of Fljótsdalur in the Fljótsdalur valley covers more than , extending from the glacier Vatnajökull in the south to in the north the Lagarfljót river with the large Hengifoss waterfall. The Fljótsdalur valley is divided into the South valley and the North valley at the central peak of Múli. A large area of land of the highland plateau in the municipality of Fljótsdalur is part of the Vatnajökull National Park, which encompasses spectacular natural resources and is important in Icelandic cultural history.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Fljótsdalshreppur
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.shield_size
- 85px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality
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- 250px
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- Iceland
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- Country
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- Iceland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
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- Eastern Region
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- Constituency
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- Northeast Constituency
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- Manager
- Settlement.leader_name1
- Helgi Gíslason
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- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1,516
- Settlement.population_total
- 100
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 0.05
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- Unique nature
- Architecture
- Residential housing
- Utilities
- Electricity production
- Waste management
- Water utilities
- Telecommunications
- Heating
- Environment and resources
- Climate
- Geography and geology
- Natural hazards
- Ecosystem
- Transportation
- Road network
- Footpaths, riding paths and cycle routes
- Labour market
- Human resources
- Services
- Government institutions
- Commerce
- Opportunities
- Food production
- Forestry
- Industry
- Tourism
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Fljótsdalshreppur () is a municipality in Iceland. The Municipality of Fljótsdalur in the Fljótsdalur valley covers more than , extending from the glacier Vatnajökull in the south to in the north the Lagarfljót river with the large Hengifoss waterfall. The Fljótsdalur valley is divided into the South valley and the North valley at the central peak of Múli. A large area of land of the highland plateau in the municipality of Fljótsdalur is part of the Vatnajökull National Park, which encompasses spectacular natural resources and is important in Icelandic cultural history.
Snæfell, the highest mountain in Iceland that is not part of a glacier at , is one of the principal landmarks of the area. Nearly of the municipality of Fljótsdalur is covered by forest, which means that below forests and forestry areas account for nearly 18% of the surface area of the municipality. The lowland area, called Fljótsdalsgrundin, is characterised by arable and high-yielding meadows and fields. Hengifoss, the third highest waterfall in Iceland, at , is located in Hengifossá in Fljótsdalshreppur.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fljótsdalshreppur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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