South (Icelandic constituency)

South Constituency Suðurkjördæmi
Constituency of Iceland
Country	Iceland
Established	1999
Main town	Keflavík
Composition	List 3 regions 19 municipalities
Population  (2020)
• Electors	58,662
Representatives to Althing	10

South Constituency (Icelandic: Suðurkjördæmi [ˈsʏːðʏrˌcʰœrˌtaiːmɪ]) is one of the six constituencies of Iceland. Its major town is Keflavík. It elects 10 members to the Althing.

Geography[]

It is the only constituency bordering with all the other five, included the urban ones of Reykjavík. Its territory includes the glaciers of Vatnajokull (partly in Norðausturkjördæmi), Eyjafjallajökull, Mýrdalsjökull, Tindfjallajökull, Torfajökull and, at its northern borders, the southern part of the Hofsjökull and Langjökull.

Administration[]

Composition[]

The constituency includes 3 regions and 19 municipalities.

• Regions: Eastern Region, Southern Region and Southern Peninsula
• Municipalities: Árborg, Ásahreppur, Bláskógabyggð, Flóahreppur, Grímsnes- og Grafningshreppur, Grindavík, Höfn, Hrunamannahreppur, Hveragerði, Reykjanesbær, Mýrdalshreppur, Ölfus, Rangárþing eystra, Rangárþing ytra, Skaftárhreppur, Skeiða- og Gnúpverjahreppur, Suðurnesjabær, Vestmannaeyjar and Vogar

Towns[]

There are 16 settlements with town status, listed per order of population:

References[]

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

External links[]

Coordinates: 64°01′N 22°34′W / 64.017°N 22.567°W / 64.017; -22.567