Northeast (Icelandic constituency)

Northeast Constituency Norðausturkjördæmi
Constituency of Iceland
Country	Iceland
Established	1999
Main town	Akureyri
Composition	List 2 regions 21 municipalities
Population  (2020)
• Electors	41,339
Representatives to Althing	10

Northeast Constituency (Icelandic: Norðausturkjördæmi [ˈnɔrðˌœistʏrˌcʰœrˌtaiːmɪ]) is one of the six constituencies of Iceland. Its major town is Akureyri. It elects 10 members to the Althing.

Geography[]

It borders with the constituencies of Northwest Constituency and South Constituency. Its territory includes the glaciers of Þrándarjökull and Tungnafellsjökull, and, at its south-western border, the northern part of the biggest glacier in Iceland: Vatnajökull.

Administration[]

Composition[]

The constituency includes 2 regions and 17 municipalities.

• Regions: Eastern Region and Northeastern Region
• Municipalities: Akureyri, Dalvíkurbyggð, Eyjafjarðarsveit, Fjallabyggð, Fjarðabyggð, Fljótsdalshreppur, Grýtubakkahreppur, Hörgársveit, Langanesbyggð, Múlaþing, Norðurþing, Skútustaðahreppur, Svalbarðshreppur, Svalbarðsstrandarhreppur, Þingeyjarsveit, Tjörneshreppur and Vopnafjörður

Towns[]

The settlements with town status, listed per order of population, are 12:

References[]

• "General elections to the Althingi 28 October 2017" (PDF). Statistics Iceland. 21 December 2017.

External links[]

Media related to Constituencies of Iceland at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 65°41′N 18°06′W / 65.683°N 18.100°W / 65.683; -18.100