Southwest (Icelandic constituency)

Southwest Constituency Suðvesturkjördæmi
Constituency of Iceland
Country	Iceland
Established	1999
Main town	Kópavogur
Composition	List 1 region 7 municipalities
Population  (2020)
• Electors	101,898
Representatives to Althing	13

Southwest Constituency (Icelandic: Suðvesturkjördæmi [ˈsʏðˌvɛstʏrˌcʰœrˌtaiːmɪ]) is one of the six constituencies of Iceland. Its major town is Kópavogur. It elects 13 members to the Althing.

Geography[]

The constituency is composed by the surrounding municipalities of the Capital Region of Reykjavík. It borders with the constituencies of Northwest Constituency, Reykjavik Constituency North, Reykjavik Constituency South and South Constituency. Its territory is scattered into 4 non-contiguous pieces:

• The main area of Álftanes, Garðabær, Hafnarfjörður, Kópavogur and Mosfellsbær
• The little cape constituting Seltjarnarnes
• The municipal territory of Kjósarhreppur
• The municipal exclave of Hafnarfjörður.

Administration[]

Composition[]

The constituency includes 1 region and 7 municipalities.

• Regions: Capital Region
• Municipalities: Garðabær, Hafnarfjörður, Kjósarhreppur (195 inh.), Kópavogur, Mosfellsbær and Seltjarnarnes

Towns[]

The settlements with town status, listed per order of population, are 6:

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: 64°06′N 21°54′W / 64.100°N 21.900°W / 64.100; -21.900