Svalbarðsströmnd
Basic data | |
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State : | 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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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 |
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1997 | 342 |
2003 | 376 |
2004 | 365 |
2005 | 382 |
2006 | 381 |
2009 | 396 |
* on December 1st