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Hörgársveit
Sign in to saveHörgársveit () 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.
Key facts
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- Hörgársveit
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- Municipality
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- Location of Hörgársveit
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- 250px
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- Iceland
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- Country
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- Iceland
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- Region
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- Northeastern Region
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- Constituency
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- Northeast Constituency
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- Manager
- Settlement.leader_name1
- Snorri Finnlaugsson
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- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 893
- Settlement.population_total
- 802
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 0.63
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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.