Sveitarfélagið Árborg (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈsveiːtarˌfjɛːˌlaijɪð ˈaurˌpɔrk] ) 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.
Sveitarfélagið Árborg | |
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 Location of Sveitarfélagið Árborg | |
  Sveitarfélagið Árborg | |
| Coordinates: 63°56′10″N 21°00′00″W / 63.93611°N 21.00000°W | |
| Country | Iceland |
| Region | Southern Region |
| Constituency | South Constituency |
| Government | |
| • Manager | Ásta Stefánsdóttir |
| Area | |
| • Total | 158 km2 (61 sq mi) |
| Population (2019)[1] | |
| • Total | 9,485 |
| • Density | 60.30/km2 (156.2/sq mi) |
| Postal code(s) | 800, 801, 802, 820, 825 |
| Municipal number | 8200 |
| Website | arborg |
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
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Arendal, Norway
Kalmar, Sweden
Savonlinna, Finland
See also
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edit- ^ "Population by municipalities, sex and age 1 January 1998-2019 - Current municipalities". PX-Web. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ "Vinabæir Selfoss". old.arborg.is (in Icelandic). Árborg. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
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