Húnabyggð
Sign in to saveHúnabyggð () is a municipality in the north of Iceland, which was formed with the merger of Blönduós and Húnavatnshreppur. A vote was held in February 2022 where 97.8% of Blönduós inhabitants and 62.3% of Húnavatnshreppur inhabitants voted in favour of the merge. The merger was finalized in the municipality elections in March 2022.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Húnabyggð
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_map
- Húnabyggð kort 2024.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Húnabyggð since 2024
- Settlement.shield_size
- 85px
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Iceland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Northwestern Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Constituency
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Northwest Constituency
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1876
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 4,000
- Settlement.population_total
- 1322
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2021
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Húnabyggð () is a municipality in the north of Iceland, which was formed with the merger of Blönduós and Húnavatnshreppur. A vote was held in February 2022 where 97.8% of Blönduós inhabitants and 62.3% of Húnavatnshreppur inhabitants voted in favour of the merge. The merger was finalized in the municipality elections in March 2022.
Húnabyggð is among the largest municipalities of Iceland in terms of area and reaches from Húnaflói (Húna Bay), on which Blönduós is situated, to the interior, in which Langjökull and Hofsjökull are situated. Blönduvirkjun hydropower plant is situated in the municipality.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Húnabyggð” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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