Árborg
Sveitarfélagið Árborg | |
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![]() Location of Sveitarfélagið Árborg | |
![]() ![]() Sveitarfélagið Árborg Location of Sveitarfélagið Árborg | |
Coordinates: 63°56′10″N 21°00′00″W / 63.93611°N 21.00000°WCoordinates: 63°56′10″N 21°00′00″W / 63.93611°N 21.00000°W | |
Country | Iceland |
Region | Southern Region |
Constituency | South Constituency |
Government | |
• Manager | Ásta Stefánsdóttir |
Area | |
• Total | 158 km2 (61 sq mi) |
Population (2019)[1] | |
• Total | 9,485 |
• Density | 60.30/km2 (156.2/sq mi) |
Postal code(s) | 800, 801, 802, 820, 825 |
Municipal number | 8200 |
Website | arborg |
Sveitarfélagið Árborg (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈsveiːtarˌfjɛːˌlaijɪð ˈaurˌpɔrk]) is the biggest municipality in southern Iceland founded in 1998. The biggest town in the municipality is Selfoss. Eyrarbakki and Stokkseyri are two communities on the southern coast and is a rural administrative region between those three other towns.
The area was represented in the fifth episode of the first season of the parody TV series Documentary Now! as the host of an Al Capone Festival.
Twin towns — sister cities[]
Arendal, Norway
Kalmar, Sweden
Savonlinna, Finland
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Population by municipalities, sex and age 1 January 1998-2019 - Current municipalities". PX-Web. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ "Vinabæir Selfoss". old.arborg.is (in Icelandic). Árborg. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
Categories:
- Municipalities of Iceland
- Iceland geography stubs