Skeiða- og Gnupverjahreppur
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| State : |
 Iceland
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| Region: | Southurland |
| Constituency : | Suðurkjördæmi |
| Sýsla : | Árnessýsla |
| Population: | 626 (January 1, 2019) |
| Surface: | 2231 km² |
| Population density: | 0.28 inhabitants / km² |
| Post Code: | 801 |
| politics | |
| Community number | 8720 |
| Mayor: | Sigurdur Jónsson |
| Contact | |
| Website: | www.skeidgnup.is |
| map | |
Coordinates: 64 ° 29 ′ N , 19 ° 12 ′ W |
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Skeiða- og Gnúpverjahreppur is an Icelandic municipality in the Suðurland region in southern Iceland .
On January 1, 2019, the community had 626 inhabitants.
geography
(North) west of the municipality is Grímsnes- og Grafningshreppur , Bláskógabyggð and Hrunamannahreppur . In the north of the municipality lies the Hofsjökull , south of this the river Miklakvísl . North of the municipality of Skeiða- og Gnúpverjahreppur lies the municipality of Eyjafjarðarsveit , (north-) east of Þingeyjarsveit and the eastern part of Ásahreppur . The river Þjórsá forms the eastern border. The lake Sultartangalón is located in the municipality triangle between the eastern part of Ásahreppur, Skeiða- og Gnúpverjahreppur and Rangárþing ytra . To the southwest of Skeiða- og Gnúpverjahreppur is the western part of Ásahreppur and the municipality of Flói .
history
The municipality Skeiða- og Gnúpverjahreppur was established in 2003 from the independent municipalities Skeiðahreppur and Gnúpverjahreppur . The historic courtyard Stöng is touristy interesting. There are no settlements in the municipality of Skeiða- og Gnúpverjahreppur.
