Flói

Rural Municipality of Flói
(Flóahreppur)

Basic data
State :	Iceland
Region:	Southurland
Constituency :	Suðurkjördæmi
Sýsla :	Árnessýsla
Population:	667 (January 1, 2019)
Surface:	290 km²
Population density:	2.3 inhabitants / km²
Height:	33
Post Code:	801
politics
Community number	8722
Head of the municipal council:	Margrét Sigurðardóttir
Contact
Website:	www.floi.is
map
Coordinates: 63 ° 59 ′  N , 21 ° 11 ′  W

Settlement in Villingaholt

The rural community Flói ( Icelandic Flóahreppur ) is an Icelandic municipality in the South Urland region .

On January 1, 2019, the community had 667 inhabitants.

geography

The municipality borders on Árborg and Ölfus to the west, Grímsnes og Grafningur to the north, Skeiða- og Gnúpverjahreppur to the northeast, Ásahreppur to the east and Rangárþing ytra to the southeast . The eastern border is formed by the river Þjórsá , the northern border is the river Hvítá . The North Atlantic lies south of the municipality .

In the south-east lies the settlement Villingaholt on Villingaholtsvatn .

history

The municipality was formed in June 2006 by the merger of the rural communities Hraungerði ( Hraungerðishreppur ), Villingaholt ( Villingaholtshreppur ) and Gaulverjabær ( Gaulverjabæjarhreppur , also Bæjarhreppur ). When choosing the new municipality name, Flóahreppur prevailed over the suggested names Flóabyggð, Flóamannahreppur and Flóasveit.

Population development

date	Residents
Dec. 1, 1997:	499 (area 2006)
Dec. 1, 2003:	512 (area status 2006)
Dec. 1, 2004:	517 (area 2006)
Dec. 1, 2005:	526 (area 2006)
Dec. 1, 2006:	551

Former parishes

	Gaulverjabær	Hraungerði	Villingaholt
Municipality number:	8701	8706	8707
Area in km²:	80	96	114
Population on Dec. 1, 1997:	125	192	182
Population on Dec. 1, 2003:	135	197	180
Population on December 1st, 2004:	138	196	183
Population on Dec. 1, 2005:	141	200	185
Population change 1997-2005:	+ 13%	+ 4%	+ 2%

Web links

• Local government website (Icelandic)
• Website of the former municipality of Hraungerði (Icelandic)