Svalbarðsströmnd

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Svalbarðsströmnd
(Svalbarðsstrandarhreppur)
Basic data
State : IcelandIceland Iceland
Region: Norðurland eystra
Constituency : Norðausturkjördæmi
Sýsla : Suður-Þingeyjarsýsla
Population: 491 (January 1, 2019)
Surface: 55 km²
Population density: 8.93 inhabitants / km²
Post Code: 601
politics
Community number 6601
Mayor: Árni Konráð Bjarnason
Contact
Address of the municipal administration: Ráðhúsinu
Svalbarðseyri
601 Akureyri
Website: www.svalbardsstrond.is
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Location of Svalbarðsströmnd

Coordinates: 65 ° 45 ′  N , 18 ° 5 ′  W

The rural community Svalbarðsströnd ( Icelandic Svalbarðsstrandarhreppur ) is located in northern Iceland in the Norðurland eystra region .

On January 1, 2019, the municipality had 491 inhabitants, 361 of whom lived in the main town of Svalbarðseyri .

geography

The municipality is located on the east bank of Eyjafjörður . The next larger town is Akureyri , which is directly opposite the fjord. The municipality of Grýtubakkahreppur lies north of Svalbarðsströnd , Þingeyjarsveit in the east and Eyjafjarðarsveit in the south .

To the east of the main town Svalbarðseyri is the Vaðlaheiði and (already in the municipality of Þingeyjarsveit in the east ) the wooded Fnjóskadalur . Lake Veigastaðavatn is located in the southeast of the municipality . At Svalbarðseyri the river Ljótsstaðaá flows into the Eyjafjörður.

history

An incorporation to Akureyri was rejected in a referendum on October 8, 2005.

Population development

Year * Residents
1997 342
2003 376
2004 365
2005 382
2006 381
2009 396

* on December 1st

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