Suvarna Garge (Editor)

Northeast Constituency

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Country
  
Iceland

Main town
  
Akureyri

Population
  
39,621 (2009)

Established
  
1999

Representatives to Parliament
  
10

Elector
  
28,362

Northeast Constituency

Composition
  
List 2 regions 21 municipalities

Northeast Constituency is one of the six constituencies of Iceland. Its major town is Akureyri.

Contents

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.

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:

    References

    Northeast Constituency Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA