Kjósarhreppur
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Kjósarhreppur (), colloquially known as Kjós , is a municipality in Iceland. It is the most northern part of the Capital Region and is adjacent to Reykjavík, Bláskógabyggð, and Hvalfjarðarsveit. Kjós is sometimes referred to as "a countryside in a city" ('''') due to its proximity to Reykjavík.
Key facts
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- Kjósarhreppur
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- Municipality
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- Laxá í Hvalfirði.jpg
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- 250px
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- The Laxá river flows through Kjósarhreppur
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- Location of the municipality
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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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- Capital Region
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- Constituency
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- Southwest Constituency
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- Manager
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- Karl Magnús Kristjánsson
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- Metric
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Iceland
- Country
- Iceland
- Located in
- Capital Region
- Population
- 301
- Area
- 284
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Shares border with
- Hvalfjarðarsveit
- Official website
- www.kjos.is
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- Kjósarhreppur
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
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Kjósarhreppur (), colloquially known as Kjós , is a municipality in Iceland. It is the most northern part of the Capital Region and is adjacent to Reykjavík, Bláskógabyggð, and Hvalfjarðarsveit. Kjós is sometimes referred to as "a countryside in a city" ('') due to its proximity to Reykjavík.
The primary industry in Kjós is agriculture. It is home to a number of lakes and rivers, including the Laxá í Kjós, one of the most popular sites for salmon fishing in the country.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kjósarhreppur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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