List of cities and towns in Iceland

The list of cities in Iceland provides an overview of the development of the population of the larger urban settlements in Iceland. Listed is also an alphabetical list of all the inhabited urban settlements in the country.

According to Population

By far the largest agglomeration in Iceland is Reykjavik ( Höfuðborgarsvæðið ) with a population of 191 612 (as at 1 December 2006). Thus, over 60 percent of the country's population is concentrated in the capital region.

To be found in the following table are the urban settlements with more than 1,000 inhabitants (not to be confused with the Icelandic municipalities). These are the results of the Census ( VZ ) of 1 December 1980 and the official estimates of the national office for statistics from December 31, 2000 December 1, 2007 and January 1, 2010. Listed is also the region to which the settlement belongs. The inhabitants numbers refer to the respective municipal or local settlement in the strict sense, not in the city or town in the political sense.

( VZ = census, S = estimate )

Alphabetical Overview

The list of (currently inhabited ) urban settlements, as defined by the Icelandic Bureau of Statistics. The population of the settlements (not municipalities) dating from 1 January 2012, published by the Icelandic National Statistics Office on 16 March 2012.

Not Collected individual farms with the following population figures, there are also active in the Icelandic regions:

Höfuðborgarsvæðið: 735 inhabitants
Southern Peninsula: 123 inhabitants
Vesturland: 2,522 inhabitants,
Vestfirðir: 739 inhabitants
Norðurland vestra: 2,435 inhabitants,
Norðurland eystra: 3,296 inhabitants,
Austurland: 1,765 inhabitants,
Suðurland: 4.932 inhabitants.

A

Akranes (Region Vesturland ), 6,578 inhabitants
Akureyri (Region Norðurland eystra ), 17,586 inhabitants
Álftanes (Region Höfuðborgarsvæðið ), 2,389 inhabitants
Árbæjarhverfi (municipality Ölfus region Suðurland ), 59 residents

B

Bakkafjörður (municipality Langanesbyggð region Norðurland eystra ), 77 residents
Bakkagerði (municipality Borgarfjorður region Austurland ), 85 residents
Bifrost (municipality Borgarbyggð region Vesturland ), 253 inhabitants
Bíldudalur (municipality Vesturbyggð region Vestfirdir ), 168 inhabitants
Blönduós (Region Norðurland vestra ), 812 inhabitants
Bolungarvík (Region Vestfirðir ), 866 inhabitants
Borgarnes (municipality Borgarbyggð region Vesturland ), 1,767 inhabitants
Borg í Grímsnesi (municipality Sveitarfélagið Ölfus region Suðurland ), 77 residents
Borðeyri (municipality Bær region Vestfirðir ), 25 residents
Breiddalsvík (municipality Breiðdalur region Austurland ), 139 inhabitants
Brautarholt á Skeiðum (municipality Skeiða -og Gnúpverjahreppur region Suðurland ), 57 residents
Brúnahlíð í Eyjafirði (municipality Eyjafjarðarsveit region Norðurland eystra ), 64 residents
Búðardalur (municipality Dalabyggð region Vesturland ), 249 inhabitants
Byggðakjarni í Mosfellsdal (municipality mosfellsbær region Höfuðborgarsvæðið ), 193 inhabitants
Byggðakjarni í Þykkvabæ (municipality Rangárþing Ytra region Suðurland ), 64 residents

D

Dalvik (municipality Dalvíkurbyggð region Norðurland eystra ), 1,367 inhabitants
Djúpivogur (Region Austurland ), 342 inhabitants
Drangsnes (municipality Kaldrananes region Vestfirðir ), 72 residents

E

Egilsstaðir (municipality Fljótsdalshérað region Austurland ), 2,268 inhabitants
Eiðar (municipality Fljótsdalshérað region Austurland ), 34 residents
Eskifjörður (municipality Fjarðabyggð region Austurland ), 1,015 inhabitants
Eyrarbakki (municipality Árborg region Suðurland ), 544 inhabitants

F

Fáskrúðsfjörður (municipality Fjarðabyggð region Austurland ), 662 inhabitants
Fellabær (municipality Fljótsdalshérað region Austurland ), 391 inhabitants
Flatey (municipality Stykkishólmur region Vesturland ), 10 residents
Flateyri (municipality Isafjordur, Westfjords region ), 214 inhabitants
Flúðir (municipality Hrunamannahreppur region Suðurland ), 412 inhabitants

G

Gardabær (Region Höfuðborgarsvæðið ), 11,256 inhabitants
Garður (Region Southern Peninsula ), 1,477 inhabitants
Grenivík (municipality Grýtubakki region Norðurland eystra ), 272 inhabitants
Grimsey, (Region Norðurland eystra ) 76 inhabitants
Grindavík (Region Southern Peninsula ), 2,825 inhabitants
Grundarfjörður (Region Vesturland ), 845 inhabitants
Grundarhverfi (municipality Reykjavíkurborg region Höfuðborgarsvæðið ), 518 inhabitants

B

Hafnarfjörður (Region Höfuðborgarsvæðið ), 26,477 inhabitants
Hafnir (municipality Reykjanesbær, Southern Peninsula region ), 87 residents
Hallormsstaður (municipality Fljótsdalshérað region Austurland ), 48 residents
Hauganes (municipality Dalvíkurbyggð region Norðurland eystra ), 118 inhabitants
Hellissandur (municipality Snæfellsbær region Vesturland ), 379 inhabitants
Hella (municipality Rangárþing Ytra region Suðurland ), 775 inhabitants
Hjalteyri (municipality Arnarnes region Norðurland eystra ), 43 residents
Hnífsdalur (municipality Isafjordur, Westfjords region ), 218 inhabitants
Höfn (municipality Hornafjörður region Austurland ), 1,668 inhabitants
Hofsós (municipality Skagafjordur region Norðurland vestra ), 171 inhabitants
Hólar í Hjaltadal (municipality Skagafjordur region Norðurland vestra ), 83 residents
Hólmavík (Region Vestfirðir ), 380 inhabitants
Hrafnagil (municipality Eyjafjarðarsveit region Norðurland eystra ), 259 inhabitants
Hrísey (municipality Akureyri region Norðurland eystra ), population 165
Húsavík (Region Norðurland eystra ), 2,232 inhabitants
Hvammstangi (municipality Hunathing vestra region Norðurland vestra ), 550 inhabitants
Hvanneyri (municipality Borgarbyggð region Vesturland ), 246 inhabitants
Hveragerði (Region Suðurland ), 2,280 inhabitants
Hvolsvöllur (municipality Rangárþing eystra region Suðurland ), 893 inhabitants

I

Isafjordur (Region Vestfirðir ), 2,602 inhabitants

K

Keflavík (municipality Reykjanesbær, Southern Peninsula region ), 8,934 inhabitants
Kirkjubæjarklaustur (municipality Skaftárhreppur region Suðurland ), 115 inhabitants
Kleppjárnsreykir (municipality Borgarbyggð region Vesturland ), 44 residents
Kópasker (municipality Norðurþing region Norðurland eystra ), 122 inhabitants
Kópavogur (Region Höfuðborgarsvæðið ), 31,198 inhabitants
Kristnes (municipality Borgarbyggð region Norðurland eystra ), 56 residents
Kross Holt (municipality Vesturbyggð region Vestfirðir ), 11 residents

L

Laugar (municipality Þingeyjarsveit region Norðurland eystra ), 118 inhabitants
Laugarás (municipality Bláskógabyggð region Suðurland ), 114 inhabitants
Laugarbakki (municipality Hunathing vestra region Norðurland vestra ), 45 residents
Laugarvatn (municipality Bláskógabyggð region Suðurland ), 148 inhabitants
Litli - Árskógssandur (municipality Dalvíkurbyggð region Norðurland eystra ), 127 inhabitants
Lónsbakki í Hörgárbyygð (municipality Borgarbyggð region Vesturland ), 115 inhabitants

M

Melahverfi í Hvalfirði (municipality Hvalfjarðarsveit region Vesturland ), 133 inhabitants
Möðrudalur (municipality Fljótsdalshérað ), 54 residents
Mosfellsbær (Region Höfuðborgarsvæðið ), 8,535 inhabitants
Mosfellsdalur (municipality mosfellsbær region Höfuðborgarsvæðið ), 193 inhabitants

N

Nesjakauptún (municipality Hornafjörður region Austurland ), 64 residents
Neskaupstaður (municipality Fjarðabyggð region Austurland ), 1,488 inhabitants
Njarðvík (municipality Reykjanesbær, Southern Peninsula region ), 5,038 inhabitants

O

Ólafsfjörður (municipality Fjallabyggð region Norðurland eystra ), 799 inhabitants
Ólafsvík (municipality Snæfellsbær region Vesturland ), 1,024 inhabitants

P

Patreksfjörður (municipality Vesturbyggð region Vestfirðir ), 636 inhabitants

R

Raufarhöfn (Region Norðurland eystra ), 185 inhabitants
Rauðalækur (municipality Rangárþing Ytra region Suðurland ), 42 residents
Reyðarfjörður (municipality Fjarðabyggð region Austurland ), 1,093 inhabitants
Reykhólar (Region Vestfirðir ), 121 inhabitants
Reykholt (municipality Borgarbyggð region Vesturland ), 48 residents
Reykholt (municipality Bláskógabyggð region Suðurland ), 197 inhabitants
Reykjahlíð (municipality Skútustaðir region Norðurland eystra ), 160 inhabitants
Reykjavík (Region Höfuðborgarsvæðið ) 117 980 inhabitants
Rif (municipality Snæfellsbær region Vesturland ), 164 inhabitants

S

Sandgerði (Region Southern Peninsula ), 1,636 inhabitants
Sauðárkrókur (municipality Skagafjordur region Norðurland vestra ), 2,572 inhabitants
Selfoss (municipality Árborg region Suðurland ), 6,437 inhabitants
Seltjarnarnes (Region Höfuðborgarsvæðið ), 4,313 inhabitants
Seydisfjörður (Region Austurland ), 659 inhabitants
Siglufjörður (municipality Fjallabyggð region Norðurland eystra ), 1,203 inhabitants
Skagaströnd (municipality Skagaströnd region Norðurland vestra ), 499 inhabitants
Skógar (municipality Rangárþing eystra region Suðurland ), 22 residents
Sólheimar (municipality Grímsnes above Grafningur region Suðurland ), 92 residents
Stykkishólmur (Region Vesturland ), 1,104 inhabitants
Stokkseyri (municipality Árborg region Suðurland ), 488 inhabitants
Stöðvarfjörður (municipality Fjarðabyggð region Austurland ), 190 inhabitants
Súðavík (Region Vestfirðir ), 145 inhabitants
Suðureyri (municipality Isafjordur, Westfjords region ), 269 inhabitants
Svalbarðseyri (municipality Svalbarðseyri region Norðurland eystra ), 246 inhabitants

T

Tálknafjörður (Region Vestfirðir ), 258 inhabitants
Tjarnabyggð, (municipality Árborg region Suðurland ), 78 residents

V

Vallarheiði (municipality Reykjanesbær, Southern Peninsula region ), 1,043 inhabitants
Varmahlíð (municipality Skagafjordur region Norðurland vestra ), 132 inhabitants
Vestmannaeyjar (Region Suðurland ), 4,192 inhabitants
Vik í Mýrdal (municipality Mýrdalur region Suðurland ), 267 inhabitants
Vogar, (Region Southern Peninsula ), 1,047 inhabitants
Vopnafjörður (Region Austurland ), 527 inhabitants

Þ

Þingeyri (municipality Isafjordur, Westfjords region ), 267 inhabitants
Þorlákshöfn (municipality Ölfus region Suðurland ), 1,522 inhabitants
Þórshöfn (municipality Langanesbyggð region Norðurland eystra ) with 375 inhabitants

Western Region (Iceland) Heimaey Eastern Region (Iceland) Kaldrananeshreppur Hörgársveit Selfoss (town)

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