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Hörgársveit
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Hörgársveit () is a municipality located in north-central Iceland, in Northeastern Region. Its seat is the village of Lónsbakki . The municipality covers an area of approximately 893 km² and had an estimated population of 791 in 2024, resulting in a population density of around 0.88 inhabitants per km². Hörgársveit was established in 2001 through the merger of Skriða, Öxnadalur, and Glæsibær, and was further extended in 2010 when Arnarnes was incorporated.
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It sits within the topics Municipalities of Iceland and Northeastern Region (Iceland).
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Hörgársveit
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
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- Horgarsveit map.png
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- Location of Hörgársveit
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Iceland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Iceland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Northeastern Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Constituency
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Northeast Constituency
- Settlement.leader_title1
- Manager
- Settlement.leader_name1
- Snorri Finnlaugsson
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 893
- Settlement.population_total
- 802
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 0.63
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 847
- Area
- 894
- Official website
- www.horgarsveit.is
- Image
- Island Ringstraße im Norden 2.JPG
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Encyclopedic overview
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Hörgársveit () is a municipality located in north-central Iceland, in Northeastern Region. Its seat is the village of Lónsbakki . The municipality covers an area of approximately 893 km² and had an estimated population of 791 in 2024, resulting in a population density of around 0.88 inhabitants per km². Hörgársveit was established in 2001 through the merger of Skriða, Öxnadalur, and Glæsibær, and was further extended in 2010 when Arnarnes was incorporated.
== History == The former municipality of Hörgárbyggð was formed on 1 January 2001 by the union of the municipalities of Skriða (Skriðuhreppur ), Öxnadalur (Öxnadalshreppur ) and Glæsibær (Glæsibæjarhreppur ). In 2010 Hörgárbyggð merged with the municipality of Arnarnes (Arnarneshreppur ) to form the current municipality of Hörgársveit.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hörgársveit” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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