Northeast (Icelandic constituency)
Northeast Constituency is one of the six constituencies of Iceland. Its major town is Akureyri. It elects 10 members to the Althing.
Northeast Constituency Norðausturkjördæmi | |
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| Established | 1999 |
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| Composition | List
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| Population (2020) | |
| • Electors | 41,339 |
| Representatives to Althing | 10 |
Geography
It borders with the constituencies of Northwest Constituency and South Constituency. Its territory includes the glaciers of Þrándarjökull and Tungnafellsjökull, and, at its south-western border, the northern part of the biggest glacier in Iceland: Vatnajökull.
Administration
Composition
The constituency includes 2 regions and 22 municipalities.
- Regions: Eastern Region and Northeastern Region
- Municipalities: Akureyri, Borgarfjarðarhreppur, Breiðdalshreppur, Dalvík, Djúpivogur, Eyjafjarðarsveit, Fjallabyggð, Fjarðabyggð, Fljótsdalshérað, Fljótsdalshreppur, Grýtubakkahreppur, Hörgársveit, Langanesbyggð, Norðurþing, Seyðisfjörður, Skútustaðahreppur, Svalbarðshreppur, Svalbarðsstrandarhreppur, Þingeyjarsveit, Tjörneshreppur and Vopnafjörður
Towns
The settlements with town status, listed per order of population, are 12:
- Akureyri (17,481)
- Húsavík (2,296)
- Reyðarfjörður (2,238)
- Egilsstaðir (2,200)
- Dalvík (1,800)
- Siglufjörður (1,438)
- Neskaupstaður (1,400)
- Eskifjörður (1,068)
- Ólafsfjörður (946)
- Seyðisfjörður (802)
- Vopnafjörður (682)
- Fáskrúðsfjörður (611)
References
- "General elections to the Althingi 28 October 2017" (PDF). Statistics Iceland. 21 December 2017.
External links
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