Sandgerðisbær () is a former Icelandic municipality located in southwestern Iceland on the

Southern Peninsula Southern Peninsula ( is, Suðurnes ) is an administrative unit and part of Reykjanesskagi (pronounced ), or Reykjanes Peninsula, a region in southwest Iceland. It was named after Reykjanes, the southwestern tip of Reykjanesskagi. The region ha ...

. In 2018 it merged with

Garður Garður () is a former municipality and town located in southwestern Iceland, bordered by the Faxaflói, Faxaflói Bay on the Southern Peninsula (Iceland), Southern Peninsula. In 2018 it merged with Sandgerði to create the new municipality of Su ...

to create the new municipality of

Suðurnesjabær Suðurnesjabær (, "Southern Peninsula town") is a municipality in Iceland that was created on 10 June 2018 from the merger of Sandgerði and Garður Garður () is a former municipality and town located in southwestern Iceland, bordered by the ...

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29 Dec 2018. Sandgerði began to develop as a fishing village in the second half of the nineteenth century when motorboats took over the rowing boats. The land area of Sandgerðisbær is covers the entire western coast of Miðnes ( Romshvalanes) north from Garðskagi to Ósabotnar in the south. Inland the land area of Sandgerðisbær stretches into the international airport at Keflavíkurflugvöllur with the air terminal within the municipal boundaries. Reynir football club play in Iceland's third tier and their basketball team by the same name competes in the 3rd tier of basketball in Iceland as well. In Sandgerði, some noticeable enterprises have also developed into growing tourist industry. One of the most interesting is the Sudurnes Science and Learning Center. A museum and research center, dedicated to natural science and related subjects like water and animal life near the sea.

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Official site

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Municipalities of Iceland Populated places in Southern Peninsula (Iceland) Reykjanes Populated places disestablished in 2018 {{Iceland-geo-stub