Hörgársveit

65.457222222222 - 18.792777777778Koordinaten: 65 ° 27 ' N, 18 ° 48 ' W

The municipality is located in the north of Iceland Hörgársveit in the region Norðurland eystra. On 1 January 2009 lived in the municipality 606 inhabitants.

Geography

The municipality is located on the west bank of the Eyjafjörður. Includes, among other things, the valleys Öxnadalur and Hörgárdalur with the court Möðruvellir well as the places Lónsbakki with 92 and Hjalteyri with 43 ​​inhabitants (as of 1 January 2009).

The nearest major town is Akureyri.

History

The municipality was created Hörgársveit 12 June 2010 through a merger of the municipalities Hörgárbyggð and Arnarnes ( Arnarneshreppur ).

The former municipality Hörgárbyggð was on 1 January 2001 by the merger of rural communities Skriða ( Skriðuhreppur ), emerged Öxnadalur ( Öxnadalshreppur ) and Glæsibær ( Glæsibæjarhreppur ). The main town of the former municipality Arnarnes was Hjalteyri.

Both former municipalities members of incorporation to Akureyri in a referendum on October 8, 2005, a cancellation.

Population Development

As with many communities outside the southwestern regions can be observed by stagnation or even decline in population growth.

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As now only a few municipalities Islands except the south-west around the capital, Reykjavík Arnarnes was affected by strong rural exodus. From 1997 to 2005, the population decline was 17%.

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Sons and daughters of the town

• Jónas Hallgrímsson (* 1807 in Hraun in Öxnadalur, † 1845), poet and scientist

Akureyri | Dalvíkurbyggð | Eyjafjarðarsveit | Fjallabyggð | Grýtubakki | Hörgársveit | Langanesbyggð | Norðurþing | Skútustaðir | Svalbarð | Svalbarðseyri | Tjörnes | Þingeyjarsveit

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