Árborg Explained

Sveitarfélagið Árborg
Settlement Type:Municipality
Mapsize:250px
Pushpin Map:Iceland
Coordinates:63.9361°N -21°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Iceland
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Southern Region
Subdivision Type2:Constituency
Subdivision Name2:South Constituency
Leader Title1:Manager
Leader Name1:Ásta Stefánsdóttir
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:158
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population As Of:2019
Population Total:9,485
Population Density Km2:60.30
Postal Code Type:Postal code(s)
Postal Code:800, 801, 802, 820, 825
Code1 Name:Municipal number
Code1 Info:8200

Sveitarfélagið Árborg (pronounced as /is/) is the biggest municipality in southern Iceland founded in 1998. The biggest town in the municipality is Selfoss. Eyrarbakki and Stokkseyri are two communities on the southern coast and Sandvíkurhreppur is a rural administrative region between those three other towns.

The area was represented in the fifth episode of the first season of the parody TV series Documentary Now! as the host of an Al Capone Festival.

Twin towns — sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Iceland.

Árborg is twinned with:[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population by municipalities, sex and age 1 January 1998-2019 - Current municipalities . PX-Web . 7 April 2019.
  2. Web site: Vinabæir Selfoss. old.arborg.is. Árborg. is. 2020-02-12.