Hörgársveit
| Basic data | |
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| State : |
 Iceland
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| Region: | Norðurland eystra |
| Constituency : | Norðausturkjördæmi |
| Sýsla : | Eyjafjarðarsýsla |
| Population: | 616 (January 1, 2019) |
| Surface: | 894 km² |
| Population density: | 0.69 inhabitants / km² |
| Height: | 630 |
| Post Code: | 601 |
| politics | |
| Community number | 6514 |
| Mayor: | Guðmundur Sigvaldason |
| Contact | |
| Address of the municipal administration: | Þelamerkurskóla 601 Akureyri |
| Website: | www.horgarsveit.is |
| map | |
Coordinates: 65 ° 27 ′ N , 18 ° 48 ′ W |
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The municipality of Hörgársveit is located in northern Iceland in the Norðurland eystra region . On January 1, 2019, 616 residents lived in the municipality.
geography
The municipality is located on the west bank of Eyjafjörður . It includes the Öxnadalur and Hörgárdalur valleys with the Möðruvellir farm and the villages of Lónsbakki and Hjalteyri . The next major city is Akureyri .
history
The municipality Hörgársveit was created on June 12, 2010 through a merger of the municipalities Hörgárbyggð and Arnarnes (Arnarneshreppur).
The former municipality of Hörgárbyggð was created on January 1, 2001 through the merger of the rural communities Skriða ( Skriðuhreppur ), Öxnadalur ( Öxnadalshreppur ) and Glæsibær ( Glæsibæjarhreppur ). The main town of the former municipality of Arnarnes was Hjalteyri.
In a referendum on October 8, 2005, both former municipalities rejected an incorporation into Akureyri .
Population development
- Former municipality Hörgárbyggð
As with many municipalities outside the southwestern regions, population growth has been recorded after stagnation or even decline.
| Year * | Residents |
|---|---|
| 1997 | 404 (territory from 2001) |
| 2003 | 371 |
| 2004 | 390 |
| 2005 | 399 |
| 2006 | 411 |
* on December 1st
- Former municipality of Arnarnes
Like only a few municipalities in Iceland apart from the southwest around the capital Reykjavík, Arnarnes was affected by severe rural exodus. From 1997 to 2005 the population decline was 17%.
| Year * | Residents |
|---|---|
| 1997 | 209 |
| 2003 | 188 |
| 2004 | 183 |
| 2005 | 174 |
| 2006 | 176 |
| 2007 | 171 |
* on December 1st
Sons and daughters of the church
- Jónas Hallgrímsson (* 1807 in Hraun im Öxnadalur, † 1845), poet and scientist
- Jón frá Pálmholti (* 1930 at the Pálmholt farm, † 2004), Icelandic writer
