Staðarhreppur (previously Reynistaðarhreppur) was a

hreppur A hreppur () is a type of rural municipality in Iceland. These administrative units primarily consist of small rural villages, often with few or no towns, and are overseen by a . The ''hreppur'' is one of Iceland’s oldest administrative units, ...

, an old Icelandic municipality, to the west of the

Héraðsvötn Héraðsvötn (), whose name is often shortened to Vötn or Vötnin (and was called Jökulsá in previous centuries) is a glacier river in Iceland. It is formed by the confluence of Austari-Jökulsá and Vestari-Jökulsá. The Héraðsvötn is ...

Skagafjörður Skagafjörður () is a deep fjord and its valley in northern Iceland. Location Skagafjörður, the fjord, is about 40 km long and 15 km wide, situated between Tröllaskagi to the east and the Skagi, Skagi Peninsula to the west. Ther ...

Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...

, named after the church site

Reynistaður Reynistaður, previously (“Site in Reynisnes”), is a town in Skagafjörður—a fjord in the north of Iceland. Reynistaður is the location of an old manor. Þorfinnur karlsefni (“the makings of a man”) was from Reynistaður and lived the ...

. On June 6, 1998, Staðarhreppur joined ten other local governments to form Skagafjörður County:

Skefilsstaðahreppur Skefilsstaðahreppur was a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, in Skagafjörður (municipality), Skagafjörður County, Iceland national football team, Iceland, on the east side of the Skagi peninsula. It is named after the town Skefilsstað ...

Sauðárkrókur Sauðárkrókur () is a Localities of Iceland, town on the Skagafjörður in northern Iceland. It is the seat of both the Skagafjörður (municipality), Sveitarfélagið Skagafjörður ('Municipality of Skagafjörður') and the Northwestern Re ...

Skarðshreppur Skarðshreppur was a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, in the west of Skagafjörður (municipality), Skagafjörður county, Iceland, named for the farm in Gönguskörð, located at the base of Tindastóll Mountain. Skarðshreppur and Sauð� ...

Seyluhreppur Seyluhreppur is an old Icelandic ''hreppur'', or rural municipality, that is today part of the municipality of Skagafjörður. It is located to the west of the Héraðsvötn river in Skagafjörður county and is named after the town of Stóra-Se ...

Lýtingsstaðahreppur Lýtingsstaðahreppur was a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, in the interior of Skagafjörður County, Iceland, located to the west of the Héraðsvötn. It was named after the Lýtingsstaðir farm in Tungusveit. The spanned from the K ...

, Ríphreppur,

Viðvíkurhreppur Viðvíkurhreppur a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, in between the Héraðsvötn and Hjaltadalsá in Skagafjörður County, Iceland. It is named after the church site Viðvík. On June 6, 1998, Viðvíkurhreppur joined ten other local ...

Hólahreppur Hólahreppur was a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, in the east of Skagafjörður County, Iceland. It was named after the old bishop's residence, Hólar, in Hjaltadalur. Hólahreppur consisted of two inhabited valleys: Hjaltadalur and ...

, Hofshreppur, and

Fljótahreppur Fljótahreppur was a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, located in the northernmost part of Skagafjörður County, Iceland and to the east of the fjord itself. Fljótahreppur is named after the district of Fljót. Fljótahreppur was spl ...

Hreppur council

The last Staðarhreppur council was elected in the committee election on May 28, 1994, in which Bjarni Jónsson, Helgi Jóhann Sigurðsson, Ingibjörg Hafstað, Sigmar Jóhannsson and Sigurður Baldursson were voted into office.

Council chairsByggðasaga Skagafjarðar II. bindi Staðarhreppur - Seyluhreppur, ritstjóri Hjalti Pálsson, bls 26

*1874–1880 Jón Jónsson in Hóll *1880–1882 Stefán Jónasson in Páfastaður *1882–1883 Björn Þorbergsson in Dúkur *1883–1887 Jón Björnsson in Ögmundarstaður *1887–1892 Árni Jónsson læknir in Glæsibær *1892–1896 Jón Jónsson in Hafsteinsstaður *1896–1899 Sigurjón Bergvinsson in Glæsibær *1899–1901 Sigurður Jónsson in Reynisstaður *1901–1904 Gísli Konráðsson in Skarðsá *1904–1916 Albert Kristjánsson in Páfastaður *1916–1919 Sveinn Jónsson in Hóll *1919–1922 Jón Sigurðsson in Reynisstaður *1922–1966 Arngrímur Sigurðsson in Litla-Gröf *1966–1982 Sæmundur Jónsson in Bessastaður *1982–1994 Þorsteinn Ásgrímsson in Varmaland *1994–1998 Ingibjörg Hafstað in Vík

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{{Authority control Populated places in Northwestern Region (Iceland) Skagafjörður