Eyjar and Miklaholt

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Eyjar og Miklaholt
(Eyja- og Miklaholtshreppur)
Basic data
State : IcelandIceland Iceland
Region: Vesturland
Constituency : Norðvesturkjördæmi
Sýsla : Snæfells- og Hnappadalssýsla
Population: 117 (January 1, 2019)
Surface: 383 km²
Population density: 0.31 inhabitants / km²
Post Code: 311
politics
Community number 3713
Head of the municipal council: Guðbjartur Gunnarsson
Contact
Address of the municipal administration: Hjarðarfelli
311 Borgarnes
map
Location of Eyjar og Miklaholt

Coordinates: 64 ° 50 ′  N , 22 ° 34 ′  W

The rural community Eyjar og Miklaholt ( Icelandic Eyja- og Miklaholtshreppur ) is located in western Iceland in the Vesturland region and has 117 inhabitants (January 1, 2019), 25 of whom have citizenship other than Icelandic. It was formed on June 11, 1994 through the merger of the previous rural communities Eyjar ( Eyjahreppur ) and Miklaholt ( Miklaholtshreppur ). The municipality is located in the south of the Snæfellsnes peninsula .

history

In the land-taking book it is reported that of the 29 land-takers who took land in Snæfellsnes, four settled in what is now Eyja- og Miklaholtshreppur:

  • Sel-Þórir Grímsson on today's Ytri-Rauðamelur farm
  • Þormóðr goði Oddson lived on the farm Rauðkollsstaðir
  • Þórðr gnúpa, the brother of Þormóðr, lived in Gnúpudalr
  • Guðlaugr inn auðgi is said to have taken land from Straumfjarðará to Fura in Staðasveit and lived in Borgarholt

Most of the community's courtyards have been occupied since the Middle Ages. Some will z. B. mentioned in the Sturlunga saga , the Hrossholt farm even in three Icelandic sagas ( Heiðarvíga saga , Grettis saga and Eyrbyggja saga ).

Population development

date Residents
Dec. 1, 1981: 213 (territory 1994)
Dec. 1, 1997: 122
Dec. 1, 2003: 130
Dec. 1, 2004: 141
Dec. 1, 2005: 137
Dec. 1, 2006: 140

Picture gallery

  • Ytri-Rauðamelur

  • Kolbeinsstaðafjall

  • Hnappadalur

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ About the community. Community Board (hreppsnefnd), accessed September 16, 2019 (Icelandic).
  2. ^ Homepage of the community. Community Board (hreppsnefnd), accessed September 16, 2019 (Icelandic).
  3. ^ Land grabbing in the area of ​​the municipality. Retrieved September 16, 2019 (Icelandic).
  4. ↑ About the Ytri-Rauðamelur farm. Retrieved September 16, 2019 (Icelandic).
  5. ↑ About the farm Rauðkollsstaðir. Retrieved September 16, 2019 (Icelandic).
  6. ↑ About the Borgarholt farm. Retrieved September 16, 2019 (Icelandic).