Hreppur

A hreppur () is a type of rural municipality in Iceland. These administrative units primarily consist of small rural villages and farms, often with few or no towns, and are overseen by a .

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Subclass of: administrative territorial entity
Country: Iceland

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A hreppur () is a type of rural municipality in Iceland. These administrative units primarily consist of small rural villages and farms, often with few or no towns, and are overseen by a .

The hreppur is one of Iceland’s oldest administrative units, likely dating back to before 1000 AD, when each hreppur was required to have at least twenty freeholders. Smaller units could be established with permission from the Lögrétta. The term (in its Old Norse form hreppr) is referenced in Icelandic legal texts such as the Gray Goose Laws (Grágás) and Law of Iceland (Jónsbók).

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