Dalvíkurbyggð

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Dalvíkurbyggð
Basic data
State : IcelandIceland Iceland
Region: Norðurland eystra
Constituency : Norðausturkjördæmi
Sýsla : circular
Population: 1905 (January 1, 2019)
Surface: 598 km²
Population density: 3.19 inhabitants / km²
Post Code: 620, 621 (Dalvík)
politics
Community number 6400
Mayor: Svanfríður Inga Jónasdóttir
Contact
Address of the municipal administration: Ráðhúsi
620 Dalvík
Website: www.dalvik.is
map
Location of Dalvíkurbyggð

Coordinates: 65 ° 58 ′  N , 18 ° 32 ′  W

The municipality of Dalvíkurbyggð is located in northern Iceland in the Norðurland eystra region . On January 1, 2019, it had 1905 inhabitants.

The main town of the municipality is Dalvík with 1381 inhabitants, other larger settlements are Hauganes with 118 inhabitants and Litli-Árskógssandur with 107 inhabitants.

Geographical location

View over the Eyjafjörður to the mountains near Dalvík
Svarfaðardalur

The municipality includes a coastline on the west side of the Eyjafjordur between Akureyri and Ólafsfjörður where the three settlements Dalvík, Hauganes and Árskógarsandur lie, and the valleys Svarfaðardalur and the nature reserve Skíðadalur that in the interior of the peninsula Tröllaskagi usher on which the municipality lies.

history

The community was created on June 7, 1998 through the merger of the city of Dalvík ( Dalvíkurkaupstaður ) with the two rural communities Svarfaðardalur ( Svarfaðardalshreppur ) and Árskógur ( Árskógshreppur ).

Transport links

Road 82 leads from Akureyri along the Eyjafjörður via Dalvík to Ólafsfjörður . From here, in or near Dalvík, the secondary roads 806, 807 and 805 branch off, which lead into Tröllaskagi.

The ferry runs from Dalvík to the island of Grímsey , which lies in the Northern Sea off Iceland. The island of Hrísey can also be reached by ferry.

There is an international airport in Akureyri. After Reykjavik , there are 412 km.

Hauganes and Árskógssandur

Both villages belonging to the municipality are located a little south of Dalvík towards Akureyri.

In the villages one lives mainly from fishing and processing as well as from tourism. From Árskógssandur there is a ferry to the island of Hrísey , and from Hauganes you can take part in whale watching trips on the fjord.

Population development

Year * Residents
1997 2,076 (territorial status 1998)
2003 2,025
2004 1,946
2005 1.927
2006 1,966
2007 1,951
2008 1,942
2009 1,951
2010 1,958

* on December 1st

Despite the proximity to Akureyri (approx. 35 km), a certain stagnation can be observed here.

Town twinning

Sons and daughters

Web links

Commons : Dalvíkurbyggð  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. Icelandic Road Construction Office and Road Guard Vegag (Icelandic / English); Accessed August 13, 2011.
  2. ↑ a b Vegahandbókin . Ed. Landmælingar Íslands, 2006, 359
  3. ↑ Vegahandbókin. Ed. Landmælingar Íslands, 2006, 86
  4. ↑ Vegahandbókin. Ed. Landmælingar Íslands, 2006, 357