Hörgársveit

Hörgársveit
Municipality
Location of Hörgársveit
Hörgársveit
Coordinates: 65.457247°N 18.8277973°W / 65.457247; -18.8277973
Country	Iceland
Region	Northeastern Region
Constituency	Northeast Constituency
Government
• Manager	Snorri Finnlaugsson
Area
• Total	893 km2 (345 sq mi)
Population
• Total	802
• Density	0.63/km2 (1.6/sq mi)
Municipal number	6515
Website	horgarsveit.is

National Road No. 1, Öxnadalsheiði, Hörgársveit

Hörgársveit (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈhœrkˌaurˌsveiːt] ) is a municipality located in north-central Iceland, in Northeastern Region. Its seat is the village of Lónsbakki [ˈlounsˌpahcɪ].

History

The former municipality of Hörgárbyggð [ˈhœrkˌaurˌpɪɣθ] was formed on 1 January 2001 by the union of the municipalities of Skriða [ˈskrɪːða] (Skriðuhreppur [ˈskrɪːðʏˌr̥ɛhpʏr̥]), Öxnadalur [ˈœkstnaˌtaːlʏr̥] (Öxnadalshreppur [ˈœkstnaˌtalsˌr̥ɛhpʏr̥]) and Glæsibær [ˈklaiːsɪˌpaiːr̥] (Glæsibæjarhreppur [ˈklaiːsɪˌpaiːjar̥ˌr̥ɛhpʏr̥]). In 2010 Hörgárbyggð merged with the municipality of Arnarnes [ˈa(r)tnarˌnɛːs] (Arnarneshreppur [ˈa(r)tnarˌnɛsˌr̥ɛhpʏr̥] ) to form the current municipality of Hörgársveit.

Geography

Located on the Eyjafjörður, to the north of Akureyri, Hörgársveit is made up of several villages, principally Þelamörk [ˈθɛːlaˌmœr̥k], Lónsbakki (115 inhabitants) and Hjalteyri (37 inhabitants), the seat of the former municipality of Arnarnes.

External links

• Official website (in Icelandic)