Borgarbyggð

Borgarbyggð is a municipality in the west of . The biggest township in the municipality is , with a population of 1,887 inhabitants. Other densely populated areas in the municipality include , , Kleppjárnsreykir, and .
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  • Type: municipality of Iceland with 4,090 residents
  • Description: municipality of Iceland
  • Also known as: 3609”, “Borgarbyggd”, and “Borgarhreppur

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Reykholt.

Hamlet
is a village in . It sits in the valley of the river Reykjadalsá, called Reykholtsdalur, and is part of , . was at one time one of the intellectual centers of the island and had for many years one of the most important schools of the country. is situated 6 km southwest of Borgarbyggð.

Borgarbyggð

Latitude
64.7145° or 64° 42′ 52″ north
Longitude
-21.2379° or 21° 14′ 16″ west
Population
4,090
Elevation
124 metres (407 feet)
Open location code
99PWPQ76+QR
Geo­Names ID
3418080
Wiki­data ID
Q893528
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Borgarbyggð” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Borgarbyggd
  • Asturian: Borgarbyggð
  • Basque: Borgarbyggð
  • Catalan: Borgarbyggð
  • Cebuano: Borgarbyggð
  • Chinese: Borgarbyggð
  • Chinese: 博尔加比格兹
  • Danish: Borgarbyggð
  • Dutch: Borgarbyggd
  • Dutch: Borgarbyggð
  • Dutch: Borgarbyggdh
  • Finnish: Borgarbyggð
  • French: Borgarbyggð
  • German: Borgarbyggd
  • German: Borgarbyggð
  • German: Borgarfjardarsveit
  • German: Borgarfjarðarsveit
  • German: Hvitarsida
  • German: Hvítársíða
  • German: Kleppjárnsreykir
  • German: Kolbeinsstadir
  • German: Kolbeinsstaðir
  • Hungarian: Borgarbyggð
  • Icelandic: Borgarbyggð
  • Ido: Borgarbyggð
  • Irish: Borgarbyggð
  • Italian: Borgarbyggd
  • Italian: Borgarbyggð
  • Italian: Borgarnes
  • Japanese: ボルガルビッグズ
  • Lithuanian: Borgaras
  • Min Nan Chinese: Borgarbyggð
  • Northern Sami: Borgarbyggð
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Borgarbyggd
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Borgarbyggð
  • Norwegian: Borgarbyggð
  • Polish: Borgarbyggð
  • Portuguese: Borgarbyggð
  • Russian: Боргарбиггд
  • Russian: Боргарбигд
  • Serbo-Croatian: Borgarbyggð
  • Spanish: Borgarbyggð
  • Swedish: Borgarbyggð
  • Turkish: Borgarbyggð
  • Ukrainian: Боргарбігд

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