Húnabyggð
Húnabyggð is a municipality in the north of Iceland, which was formed with the merger of Blönduós and Húnavatnshreppur. A vote was held in February 2022 where 97.8% of Blönduós inhabitants and 62.3% of Húnavatnshreppur inhabitants voted in favour of the merge.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: municipality of Iceland with 1,320 residents
- Description: municipality of Iceland
- Also known as: “Hunabyggd”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blonduos.
Blonduos
Town
Photo: Yvonne Lin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blönduós is a town and former municipality in the north of Iceland with a population of 895 in 2018. Like many towns and villages around Iceland, Blönduós did not emerge as a village until the late 19th century. Blonduos is situated 6 km north of Húnabyggð.
Húnabyggð
- Location: Northwest, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
65.6082° or 65° 36′ 30″ northLongitude
-20.2462° or 20° 14′ 46″ westPopulation
1,320Elevation
90 metres (295 feet)Open location code
99QXJQ53+7GGeoNames ID
12504066Wikidata ID
Q112288159
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Húnabyggð” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Húnabyggð”
- Chinese: “胡纳比格兹”
- Danish: “Húnabyggð”
- Dutch: “Húnabyggð”
- Finnish: “Húnabyggð”
- French: “Húnabyggð”
- German: “Húnabyggð”
- Icelandic: “Húnabyggð”
- Irish: “Húnabyggð”
- Northern Sami: “Húnabyggð”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Húnabyggð”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Húnabyggð”
- Norwegian: “Húnabyggð”
- Russian: “Хунабиггд”
- Swedish: “Húnabyggð”
- Turkish: “Húnabyggð”
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