Hörgársveit () is a municipality located in north-central
Iceland
Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...
, in
Northeastern Region. Its seat is the village of
Lónsbakki .
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.
Geography
Located on the
Eyjafjörður
Eyjafjörður (, ''Island Fjord'') is one of the longest fjords in Iceland. It is located in the central north of the country. Situated by the fjord is the country's fourth most populous municipality, Akureyri.
Physical geography
The fjord is ...
, to the north of
Akureyri
Akureyri (, locally ) is a town in northern Iceland. It is Iceland's fifth-largest municipality, after Reykjavík, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær and Kópavogur, and the largest town outside Iceland's more populated southwest corner.
Nickn ...
, Hörgársveit is made up of several villages, principally
Þelamörk , Lónsbakki (115 inhabitants) and
Hjalteyri
Hjalteyri () is a tiny fishing village in northern Iceland in the Norðurland eystra region.
Hjalteyri has 43 inhabitants and was the largest settlement in the former municipality of Arnarneshreppur before it merged to become part of Hörgársv ...
(37 inhabitants), the seat of the former municipality of Arnarnes.
References
External links
Official website
Municipalities of Iceland
Northeastern Region (Iceland)
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