Þingeyjarsveit
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Þingeyjarsveit () is a municipality located in Iceland. The Vaglaskógur birch wood, one of Iceland's largest woods, is located in the municipality. The district school and sports centre can be found in Laugar. In 2022 the municipality merged with Skútustaðahreppur under its own name, making the municipality the largest in Iceland by area. The municipality agreed to change their governance from a mayor to a council.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Þingeyjarsveit
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
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- Þingeyjarsveit Loc.svg
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- Location of Þingeyjarsveit
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
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- Iceland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Iceland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Northeastern Region
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- Constituency
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Northeast Constituency
- Settlement.leader_title1
- Council
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- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 12,021
- Settlement.population_total
- 1,393
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2023
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 0.11
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Þingeyjarsveit () is a municipality located in Iceland. The Vaglaskógur birch wood, one of Iceland's largest woods, is located in the municipality. The district school and sports centre can be found in Laugar. In 2022 the municipality merged with Skútustaðahreppur under its own name, making the municipality the largest in Iceland by area. The municipality agreed to change their governance from a mayor to a council.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Þingeyjarsveit” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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