Map of Iceland
Most municipalities in Iceland include more than one settlement.[ 1] For example, four localities (Selfoss , Stokkseyri , Eyrarbakki , and Tjarnabyggð ) can all be found in the municipality of Árborg .
A number of municipalities only contain a single locality, while there are also a few municipalities in which no localities exist. All localities in Iceland can only be located within a single municipality, i.e. they cannot straddle multiple municipality borders.[ 2] Some municipalities, such as Hafnarfjörður and Akranes , also share the same name with a locality. However, these localities are not always situated in their namesake municipalities. In those cases, this does not necessarily mean that they there are no other localities included in that particular municipality. Even when they are the only locality there, they do not always encompass the span of that municipality's entire land area.[ 3]
Reykjavík , Capital of Iceland
Kópavogur
Reykjanesbær
Akureyri
Selfoss
List of localities The majority of the functions that are carried out by local governments actually happen at the municipal level. However, most settlements in Iceland are broken down further into the "locality" level, which are mainly used for information collection and statistical analysis purposes only—essentially, a census division .
Rank
Name
Population (2013)
Population (2018)[ 4]
Change (since 2013)
Municipality[ 5]
Region [ 6]
1
Reykjavík
118,918
124,847
5%
Reykjavík
Höfuðborgarsvæðið
2
Kópavogur
31,719
35,966
13.4%
Kópavogur
Höfuðborgarsvæðið
3
Hafnarfjörður
26,800
29,409
9.7%
Hafnarfjörður
Höfuðborgarsvæðið
4
Akureyri
17,693
18,542
4.8%
Akureyri
Norðurland eystra
5
Reykjanesbær
14,153
17,555
24%
Reykjanesbær
Suðurnes
6
Garðabær
11,421
12,912
13.1%
Garðabær
Höfuðborgarsvæðið
7
Mosfellsbær
8,651
10,225
18.2%
Mosfellsbær
Höfuðborgarsvæðið
8
Selfoss
6,510
7,564
16.2%
Árborg
Suðurland
9
Akranes
6,612
7,249
9.6%
Akranes
Vesturland
10
Seltjarnarnes
4,322
4,575
5.9%
Seltjarnarnes
Höfuðborgarsvæðið
11
Vestmannaeyjar
4,219
4,284
1.5%
Vestmannaeyjar
Suðurland
12
Grindavík
2,856
3,319
16.2%
Grindavíkurbær
Suðurnes
13
Ísafjörður
2,624
2,625
0%
Ísafjarðarbær
Vestfirðir
14
Álftanes
2,392
2,586
8.1%
Garðabær
Höfuðborgarsvæðið
15
Sauðárkrókur
2,575
2,574
0%
Skagafjörður
Norðurland vestra
16
Hveragerði
2,288
2,564
12.1%
Hveragerði
Suðurland
17
Egilsstaðir
2,303
2,464
7%
Múlaþing
Austurland
18
Húsavík
2,228
2,323
4.3%
Norðurþing
Norðurland eystra
19
Borgarnes
1,759
1,962
11.5%
Borgarbyggð
Vesturland
20
Sandgerði
1,546
1,753
13.4%
Suðurnesjabær
Suðurnes
21
Höfn
1,690
1,677
0.8%
Hornafjörður
Austurland
22
Þorlákshöfn
1,489
1,651
10.9%
Ölfus
Suðurland
23
Garður
1,429
1,595
11.6%
Suðurnesjabær
Suðurnes
24
Neskaupstaður
1,466
1,469
0.2%
Fjarðabyggð
Austurland
25
Dalvík
1,359
1,367
0.6%
Dalvíkurbyggð
Norðurland eystra
26
Reyðarfjörður
1,152
1,270
10.2%
Fjarðabyggð
Austurland
27
Siglufjörður
1,190
1,183
0.6%
Fjallabyggð
Norðurland eystra
28
Vogar
1,029
1,183
15%
Vogar
Suðurnes
29
Stykkishólmur
1,108
1,173
5.9%
Stykkishólmur
Vesturland
30
Eskifjörður
1,014
1,006
0.8%
Fjarðabyggð
Austurland
31
Ólafsvík
1,010
970
4%
Snæfellsbær
Vesturland
32
Hvolsvöllur
902
931
3.2%
Rangárþing eystra
Suðurland
33
Bolungarvík
894
924
3.4%
Bolungarvík
Vestfirðir
34
Hella
784
861
9.8%
Rangárþing ytra
Suðurland
35
Grundarfjörður
852
834
2.1%
Grundarfjarðarbær
Vesturland
36
Blönduós
813
821
1%
Blönduósbær
Norðurland vestra
37
Ólafsfjörður
790
791
0.1%
Fjallabyggð
Norðurland eystra
38
Fáskrúðsfjörður
654
712
8.9%
Fjarðabyggð
Austurland
39
Patreksfjörður
651
677
4%
Vesturbyggð
Vestfirðir
40
Seyðisfjörður
658
663
0.8%
Múlaþing
Austurland
41
Grundarhverfi
528
587
11.2%
Reykjavík
Höfuðborgarsvæðið
42
Hvammstangi
546
578
5.9%
Húnaþing vestra
Norðurland vestra
43
Stokkseyri
465
528
13.5%
Árborg
Suðurland
44
Eyrarbakki
531
526
0.9%
Árborg
Suðurland
45
Vopnafjörður
543
526
3.1%
Vopnafjarðarhreppur
Austurland
46
Skagaströnd
501
477
4.8%
Skagaströnd
Norðurland vestra
47
Flúðir
420
432
2.9%
Hrunamannahreppur
Suðurland
48
Vík
276
402
45.7%
Mýrdalshreppur
Suðurland
49
Fellabær
403
395
2%
Múlaþing
Austurland
50
Hellissandur
389
365
6.2%
Snæfellsbær
Vesturland
51
Djúpivogur
348
357
2.6%
Múlaþing
Austurland
52
Þórshöfn
379
352
7.1%
Langanesbyggð
Norðurland eystra
53
Svalbarðseyri
271
337
24.4%
Svalbarðsstrandarhreppur
Norðurland eystra
54
Hólmavík
391
320
18.2%
Strandabyggð
Vestfirðir
55
Grenivík
278
297
6.8%
Grýtubakkahreppur
Norðurland eystra
56
Hvanneyri
251
285
13.5%
Borgarbyggð
Vesturland
57
Þingeyri
262
276
5.3%
Ísafjarðarbær
Vestfirðir
58
Búðardalur
252
272
7.9%
Dalabyggð
Vesturland
59
Reykholt
206
270
31.1%
Bláskógabyggð
Suðurland
60
Hrafnagil
263
257
2.3%
Eyjafjarðarsveit
Norðurland eystra
61
Suðureyri
264
257
2.7%
Ísafjarðarbær
Vestfirðir
62
Tálknafjörður
275
231
16%
Tálknafjarðarhreppur
Vestfirðir
63
Bíldudalur
170
225
32.4%
Vesturbyggð
Vestfirðir
64
Mosfellsdalur
203
224
10.3%
Mosfellsbær
Höfuðborgarsvæðið
65
Hnífsdalur
216
208
3.7%
Ísafjarðarbær
Vestfirðir
66
Reykjahlíð
153
208
35.9%
Skútustaðahreppur
Norðurland eystra
67
Laugarvatn
147
191
29.9%
Bláskógabyggð
Suðurland
68
Raufarhöfn
169
186
10.1%
Norðurþing
Norðurland eystra
69
Stöðvarfjörður
189
184
2.6%
Fjarðabyggð
Austurland
70
Bifröst
246
179
27.2%
Borgarbyggð
Vesturland
71
Flateyri
199
177
11.1%
Ísafjarðarbær
Vestfirðir
72
Kirkjubæjarklaustur
119
176
47.9%
Skaftárhreppur
Suðurland
73
Súðavík
145
157
8.3%
Súðavíkurhreppur
Vestfirðir
74
Hrísey
171
151
11.7%
Akureyri
Norðurland eystra
75
Hofsós
181
147
18.8%
Skagafjörður
Norðurland vestra
76
Breiðdalsvík
130
137
5.4%
Fjarðabyggð
Austurland
77
Rif
163
135
17.2%
Snæfellsbær
Vesturland
78
Reykhólar
133
130
2.3%
Reykhólahreppur
Vestfirðir
79
Varmahlíð
128
127
0.8%
Skagafjörður
Norðurland vestra
80
Kópasker
122
122
0%
Norðurþing
Norðurland eystra
81
Laugarás
106
116
9.4%
Bláskógabyggð
Suðurland
82
Borg
75
112
49.3%
Grafningshreppur
Suðurland
83
Hauganes
105
111
5.7%
Dalvíkurbyggð
Norðurland eystra
84
Hafnir
76
110
44.7%
Reykjanesbær
Suðurnes
85
Laugar
111
109
1.8%
Þingeyjarsveit
Norðurland eystra
86
Melahverfi
115
107
7%
Hvalfjarðarsveit
Vesturland
87
Tjarnabyggð
81
106
30.9%
Árborg
Suðurland
88
Árskógssandur
112
102
8.9%
Dalvíkurbyggð
Norðurland eystra
89
Lónsbakki
104
102
1.9%
Hörgársveit
Norðurland eystra
90
Hólar
78
94
20.5%
Skagafjörður
Norðurland vestra
91
Nesjahverfi
71
92
29.6%
Hornafjörður
Austurland
92
Sólheimar
95
91
4.2%
Grafningshreppur
Suðurland
93
Brúnahlíð
62
85
37.1%
Eyjafjarðarsveit
Norðurland eystra
94
Drangsnes
69
77
11.6%
Kaldrananeshreppur
Vestfirðir
95
Borgarfjörður eystri
86
76
11.6%
Borgarfjarðarhreppur
Austurland
96
Árbæjarhverfi
54
74
37%
Ölfus
Suðurland
97
Brautarholt
54
70
29.6%
Gnúpverjahreppur
Suðurland
98
Rauðalækur
36
68
88.9%
Rangárþing ytra
Suðurland
99
Bakkafjörður
78
65
16.7%
Langanesbyggð
Norðurland eystra
100
Innnes
56
65
16.1%
Hvalfjarðarsveit
Vesturland
101
Grímsey
76
61
19.7%
Akureyri
Norðurland eystra
102
Þykkvabær
53
59
11.3%
Rangárþing ytra
Suðurland
103
Laugarbakki
48
57
18.8%
Húnaþing vestra
Norðurland vestra
104
Reykholt
36
56
55.6%
Borgarbyggð
Vesturland
105
Árnes
37
53
43.2%
Gnúpverjahreppur
Suðurland
106
Kristnes
56
52
7.1%
Eyjafjarðarsveit
Norðurland eystra
107
Kleppjárnsreykir
51
43
15.7%
Borgarbyggð
Vesturland
See also
References
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