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All localities in Iceland can only be located within a single municipality, i.e. they cannot straddle multiple municipality borders. [2] Some municipalities, such as Hafnarfjörður and Akranes, also share the same name with a locality. However, these localities are not always situated in their namesake municipalities.
The municipalities of Iceland (Icelandic: sveitarfélög [ˈsveiːtarˌfjɛːˌlœːɣ]; sing. sveitarfélag [ˈsveiːtarˌfjɛːˌlaːɣ]) are local administrative areas in Iceland that provide a number of services to their inhabitants such as kindergartens, elementary schools, waste management, social services, public housing, public transportation, services to senior citizens and disabled ...
The longest hyphenated name in England is the 29-letter-long name Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe, the name of a tiny village in North Yorkshire. Scotland: Ceann a Tuath Loch Baghasdail (29 characters) Eastertown of Auchleuchries (27 characters) Wales: Ynys Llanfihangel-y-traethau (28 characters) Llanvihangel-Ystern-Llewern (27 characters)
Area of water near Wards Island and Queens, New York City, that's got a "spouting Devil" for a neighbor nearly 6.4 miles (10.4 kilometers) due north of it. Hella: A very friendly town in Iceland. Hellevoetsluis: A small city in the Netherlands that can be translated as "Hell's Foot Lock" in Dutch. Hell's Kitchen: A neighborhood in New York City ...
Map of Iceland. This is a list of municipalities in Iceland which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
English name Native name Population (2024) [3] Area (km 2) Population density (per km 2) ISO 3166-2 Number of municipalities Largest town 1 Capital Region: Höfuðborgarsvæðið 244,177 1,046 233.44 IS-1 7 Reykjavík: 2 Southern Peninsula: Suðurnes 30,933 813 38.05 IS-2 4 Reykjanesbær: 3 Western Region: Vesturland 17,419 9,527 1.83 IS-3 9 ...
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Categories by city in Iceland (8 C) Populated places in Capital Region (Iceland) (3 C, 9 P) Populated coastal places in Iceland (2 P)