Norðausturkjördæmi

Norðausturkjördæmi
Northeast
Country:	Iceland
Main town:	Akureyri
Area:	? km²
Population:	39,621 (2009)
Electors:	28,362 (2009)
Established:	1999
Representatives to Alþingi:	10
Composition:	21 municipalities 5 counties 2 regions
Website:	?

The Norðausturkjördæmi (i.e. Northeast) is one of the six constituencies (kjördæmi) of Iceland. Its major town is Akureyri.

Geography

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

Administration

Composition

The constituency includes 22 municipalities, 5 counties and 2 regions.

• Municipalities: Akureyri, Borgarfjarðarhreppur, Breiðdalshreppur, Dalvík, Djúpivogur, Eyjafjarðarsveit, Fjallabyggð, Fjarðabyggð, Fljótsdalshérað, Fljótsdalshreppur, Grýtubakkahreppur, Hörgársveit, Langanesbyggð, Norðurþing, Seyðisfjörður, Skútustaðahreppur, Svalbarðshreppur, Svalbarðsstrandarhreppur, Þingeyjarsveit, Tjörneshreppur, Vopnafjörður
• Counties: Eyjafjarðarsýsla, Norður-Múlasýsla, Suður-Múlasýsla, Norður-Þingeyjarsýsla, Suður-Þingeyjarsýsla
• Regions: Austurland^[1], Norðurland eystra

Towns

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

Akureyri (17,481) Húsavík (2,296) Reyðarfjörður (2,238) Egilsstaðir (2,200)

Dalvík (1,800) Siglufjörður (1,438) Neskaupstaður (1,400) Eskifjörður (1,068)

Ólafsfjörður (946) Seyðisfjörður (802) Vopnafjörður (682) Fáskrúðsfjörður (611)

Notes and References

1. ^ Partially included in the Constituency of South

External links

Media related to Constituencies of Iceland at Wikimedia Commons