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The regions of Iceland are eight areas of Iceland that roughly follow the arrangement of parliamentary constituencies as they were between 1957 and 2003. Iceland only has two levels of administration, the national government and 69 municipalities. The municipalities have organized themselves into eight regional associations and those boundaries are also recognized by Statistics Iceland to report statistics.
The municipalities have also been grouped together into 7-9 wider ad hoc regions for various administrative purposes such as health care, policing and district courts. These mostly follow the eight region model with some exceptions and so does the postal code system.
Overview
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| No. | English name | Native name | Population
(2021) |
Area(km²) | Population density (per km²) | ISO 3166-2 | Number of municipalities | Largest town |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Capital Region | Höfuðborgarsvæðið | 236,528 | 1,046 | 221,13 | IS-1 | 7 | Reykjavík |
| 2 | Southern Peninsula | Suðurnes | 28,195 | 813 | 34,68 | IS-2 | 4 | Reykjanesbær |
| 3 | Western Region | Vesturland | 16,752 | 9,527 | 1.76 | IS-3 | 11 | Akranes |
| 4 | Westfjords | Vestfirðir | 7,066 | 8,842 | 0.80 | IS-4 | 8 | Ísafjörður |
| 5 | Northwestern Region | Norðurland vestra | 7,400 | 13,108 | 0.56 | IS-5 | 7 | Sauðárkrókur |
| 6 | Northeastern Region | Norðurland eystra | 30,613 | 22,677 | 1.35 | IS-6 | 13 | Akureyri |
| 7 | Eastern Region | Austurland | 10,850 | 15,706 | 0.69 | IS-7 | 4 | Egilsstaðir |
| 8 | Southern Region | Suðurland | 31,388 | 30,983 | 1,01 | IS-8 | 15 | Selfoss |
| Iceland | Ísland | 368,792 | 102,702 | 3.59 | IS | 69 | Reykjavík | |
See also
- Farthings of Iceland
- Municipalities of Iceland
- Constituencies of Iceland
- Subdivisions of the Nordic countries
- ISO 3166-2:IS
References
- Population by municipality, age and sex 1998-2021 - Division into municipalites as of 1 January 2021
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