Hrunamannahreppur
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| State : |
 Iceland
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| Region: | Southurland |
| Constituency : | Suðurkjördæmi |
| Sýsla : | Árnessýsla |
| Population: | 786 (January 1, 2019) |
| Surface: | 1375 km² |
| Population density: | 0.57 inhabitants / km² |
| Post Code: | 801 |
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| Community number | 8710 |
| Mayor: | Jón G.Valgeirsson |
| Contact | |
| Website: | www.fludir.is |
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Coordinates: 64 ° 7 ′ 30 ″ N , 20 ° 21 ′ 27 ″ W. |
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Hrunamannahreppur (also Ytri-Hreppur ) is a municipality in the Suðurland region in southern Iceland . On January 1, 2019, the community had 786 inhabitants and an area of 1,375 km². The largest place is Flúðir with 432 inhabitants.
geography
The municipality Skeiða- og Gnúpverjahreppur is southeast of Hrunamannahreppur , and the municipality Bláskógabyggð is northwest . The next bigger towns are Laugarás and Reykholt .
Hrunamannahreppur lies east of the river Hvítá , which plunges into a narrow gorge over the well-known and touristically significant Gullfoss waterfall . The source river Litla-Laxá flows through the place Flúðir in rapids ( isl. Flúðir ).
Flúðir
Flúðir [ ˈfluːðɪr ] extends north of Hellisholt Farm with its hot springs, which are used to supply hot water and for greenhouses. Flúðir is located on Skeiða- og Hrunamannavegur 
. The largest mushroom growing station in Iceland is located here .
During the Second World War , the holdings of the National Library and the National Museum in Reykjavík were kept in Flúðir.
In 1899 the geologist Helgi Pjeturss (Pétursson) discovered remnants of moraines in Hellisholt, which have been used in research on the Ice Age periods.
traffic
Flúðir is connected to the Hringvegur via the Skeiða- og Hrunamannavegur .
Daughters and sons
- Fjalla-Eyvindur (* 1714 at the Hlíð farm; † 1783), Icelandic outlaw
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jens Willhardt, Christine Sadler: Iceland. 3rd updated and revised edition. Michael Müller, Erlangen 2003, ISBN 3-89953-115-9 , p. 295f.
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated February 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
