Grafarvogur
Sign in to saveGrafarvogur () is among the largest residential districts of Reykjavík, Iceland. It is a relatively new neighbourhood and is located on the eastern-most side of Reykjavík. Major construction began in the late 1980s and continued well into the 1990s.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Grafarvogur
- Settlement.settlement_type
- District
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Grafarvogs (3).JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- View towards Rimahverfi
- Settlement.image_map
- Reykjavík map (D08-Grafarvogur).png
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Iceland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Reykjavík
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 14
- Settlement.area_urban_km2
- 7.7
- Settlement.population_total
- 18,000
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2010
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.postal_code_type
- Postal code
- Settlement.postal_code
- IS-112
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Grafarvogur () is among the largest residential districts of Reykjavík, Iceland. It is a relatively new neighbourhood and is located on the eastern-most side of Reykjavík. Major construction began in the late 1980s and continued well into the 1990s.
==Neighbourhoods== The district includes 15 neighbourhoods: Hamrar , Foldir , Hús , Rimar , Borgir , Víkur , Engi , Spöng , Staðir , Höfðar , Bryggjuhverfi , Geirsnef , Gufunes , keldur, and Geldinganes . Of those, five (Rimar, Hamrar, Borgir, Víkur and Foldir) fall within the boundaries of the historic Gufunes estate.