Bláskógabyggð
Bláskógabyggð is a municipality located in Iceland's Southern Region. Its major settlements are Laugarás and Laugarvatn. The municipality was formed in 2002 after the merger of Laugardalshreppur, Biskupstungnahreppur and Þingvallahreppur.
- Type: municipality of Iceland with 931 residents
- Description: municipality of Iceland
- Also known as: “8721”, “Biskupstungur”, “Blaskogabyggd”, “Bláskógabyggð (sýsla i Island)”, “Blaskogabyggdh”, and “Bláskógabyggdh”
Bláskógabyggð
- Category: city
- Location: South Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
64.4167° or 64° 25′ north
Longitude
-20.3333° or 20° 20′ west
Population
931
Elevation
380 metres (1,247 feet)
Open location code
99PXCM88+MM
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Bláskógabyggð” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Bláskógabyggð”
- Armenian: “Բլաուսկոուգաբիգգդ”
- Asturian: “Bláskógabyggð”
- Basque: “Bláskógabyggð”
- Belarusian: “Бляўскаўгабігд”
- Catalan: “Bláskógabyggð”
- Cebuano: “Bláskógabyggð”
- Chinese: “布劳斯科加比格兹”
- Czech: “Bláskógabyggð”
- Danish: “Bláskógabyggð”
- Dutch: “Bláskógabyggð”
- Finnish: “Bláskógabyggð”
- French: “Bláskógabyggð”
- Galician: “Bláskógabyggð”
- German: “Bláskógabyggð”
- Hungarian: “Bláskógabyggð”
- Icelandic: “Bláskógabyggð”
- Indonesian: “Bláskógabyggð”
- Irish: “Bláskógabyggð”
- Italian: “Bláskógabyggð”
- Lithuanian: “Blaskogabigas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bláskógabyggð”
- Northern Sami: “Bláskógabyggð”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bláskógabyggð”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bláskógabyggð”
- Norwegian: “Bláskógabyggð”
- Polish: “Bláskógabyggð”
- Portuguese: “Bláskógabyggð”
- Russian: “Блаускоугабиггд”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Bláskógabyggð”
- Slovenian: “Bláskógabyggð”
- Spanish: “Bláskógabyggð”
- Swedish: “Bláskógabyggð”
- Turkish: “Bláskógabyggð”
- Ukrainian: “Блаускоугабіггд”
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Places to explore: Upcountry Árnessýsla and Reykholt.
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