Southurland

Location in Iceland

Suðurland ( dt. Südland ) is one of the eight regions of Iceland . It is located in the south of the country. Its administrative center is Selfoss in the municipality of Árborg . On December 1, 2008, 24,176 inhabitants lived in an area of ​​24,690 km² (population density: 0.979 inhabitants / km²).

Division into districts and municipalities

Suðurland is divided into three districts and two independent municipalities.

Code no.	Independent municipality	Residents (January 1, 2019)	Area [km²]	Administrative headquarters
8000	Vestmannaeyjabær	4301	17th	Vestmannaeyjar
8200	Sveitarfélagið Árborg	9486	158	Selfoss
Code no.	circle	Residents (January 1, 2019)	Area [km²]	Administrative headquarters
8500	Vestur-Skaftafellssýsla	954	7,701	Vík í Mýrdal
8600	Rangárvallasýsla	3,459	7,971	Hvolsvöllur
8700	Árnessýsla	7,460	8,287	Selfoss

Division into parishes

Suðurland is divided into 14 municipalities (as of January 1, 2019).

According to no.	local community	Residents (January 1, 2019)	Area [km²]	bigger places
District-free municipalities
8000	Vestmannaeyjabær	4301	17th	Heimaey
8200	Sveitarfélagið Árborg	9486	158	Selfoss, Eyrarbakki, Stokkseyri
Vestur-Skaftafellssýsla
8508	Mýrdalshreppur	695	755	Vík í Mýrdal
8509	Skaftárhreppur	583	6,946	Kirkjubæjarklaustur
Rangárvallasýsla
8610	Ásahreppur	248	2,942
8613	Rangárþing eystra	1924	1,841	Hvolsvöllur , Skógar
8614	Rangárþing ytra	1636	3,188	Hella
Árnessýsla
8710	Hrunamannahreppur	786	1,205
8716	Hveragerðisbær	2628	8th	Hveragerdi
8717	Sveitarfélagið Ölfus	2153	738	Þorlákshöfn
8719	Grímsnes- og Grafningshreppur	493	900
8720	Skeiða- og Gnupverjahreppur	626	2,402
8721	Bláskógabyggð	1121	3,300	Laugarvatn, Skálholt
8722	Flóahreppur	667	290

Web links

Commons : Suðurland  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• www.sudurland.is (Icelandic)

Coordinates: 64 ° 6 ′  N , 19 ° 24 ′  W