Flói
Basic data | |
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State : | Iceland |
Region: | Southurland |
Constituency : | Suðurkjördæmi |
Sýsla : | Árnessýsla |
Population: | 667 (January 1, 2019) |
Surface: | 290 km² |
Population density: | 2.3 inhabitants / km² |
Height: | 33 |
Post Code: | 801 |
politics | |
Community number | 8722 |
Head of the municipal council: | Margrét Sigurðardóttir |
Contact | |
Website: | www.floi.is |
map | |
Coordinates: 63 ° 59 ′ N , 21 ° 11 ′ W |
The rural community Flói ( Icelandic Flóahreppur ) is an Icelandic municipality in the South Urland region .
On January 1, 2019, the community had 667 inhabitants.
geography
The municipality borders on Árborg and Ölfus to the west, Grímsnes og Grafningur to the north, Skeiða- og Gnúpverjahreppur to the northeast, Ásahreppur to the east and Rangárþing ytra to the southeast . The eastern border is formed by the river Þjórsá , the northern border is the river Hvítá . The North Atlantic lies south of the municipality .
In the south-east lies the settlement Villingaholt on Villingaholtsvatn .
history
The municipality was formed in June 2006 by the merger of the rural communities Hraungerði ( Hraungerðishreppur ), Villingaholt ( Villingaholtshreppur ) and Gaulverjabær ( Gaulverjabæjarhreppur , also Bæjarhreppur ). When choosing the new municipality name, Flóahreppur prevailed over the suggested names Flóabyggð, Flóamannahreppur and Flóasveit.
Population development
date | Residents |
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Dec. 1, 1997: | 499 (area 2006) |
Dec. 1, 2003: | 512 (area status 2006) |
Dec. 1, 2004: | 517 (area 2006) |
Dec. 1, 2005: | 526 (area 2006) |
Dec. 1, 2006: | 551 |
Former parishes
Gaulverjabær | Hraungerði | Villingaholt | |
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Municipality number: | 8701 | 8706 | 8707 |
Area in km²: | 80 | 96 | 114 |
Population on Dec. 1, 1997: | 125 | 192 | 182 |
Population on Dec. 1, 2003: | 135 | 197 | 180 |
Population on December 1st, 2004: | 138 | 196 | 183 |
Population on Dec. 1, 2005: | 141 | 200 | 185 |
Population change 1997-2005: | + 13% | + 4% | + 2% |
Web links
- Local government website (Icelandic)
- Website of the former municipality of Hraungerði (Icelandic)