Skagafjörður Municipality

Skagafjörður Municipality

Skagafjörður, Iceland
Municipality seal

Location in Iceland
CountySkagafjarðarsýsla
ConstituencyNorthwest
Area 4180 km² (1614mi²)
Population
Total (2008)
Density

4,039
0.99/km²
Postal codes550-570
Latitude
Longitude
[http://www.skagafjordur.is/ Municipal website]

Skagafjörður Municipality is a municipality that covers most the land area of the region around the fjord with the same name (see Skagafjörður for details on the region) in northern Iceland.

The municipality was created in 1998 when 11 out of the 12 municipalities in Skagafjörður held votes on whether they should merge or not. The merge was approved in all the municipalities that held the vote. Akrahreppur was the only municipality in Skagafjörður that did not participate.

The merge joined together the town of Sauðárkrókur, the villages of Hofsós and Varmahlíð and several rural districts. It also includes the historic cathedral site of Hólar which is the site of a growing university today. The municipality today has about 4200 inhabitants out of which 2600 live in Sauðárkrókur.


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