Árborg
For the Canadian town of Arborg, see Arborg, Manitoba.
| Sveitarfélagið Árborg | |
|---|---|
| Region | Southern Region |
| Constituency | South Constituency |
| Manager | Ásta Stefánsdóttir |
| Area | 158 km2 |
| Population | 7,889 |
| Density | 49.93/km2 |
| Municipal number | 8200 |
| Postal code(s) | 800, 801, 802, 820, 825 |
| Website |
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Sveitarfélagið Árborg is the biggest municipality in southern Iceland founded in 1998. The biggest town in the municipality is Selfoss. Eyrarbakki and Stokkseyri are two communities on the southern coast and Sandvíkurhreppur is a rural administrative region between those three other towns.
The area was represented in the fifth episode of the first season of the parody TV series Documentary Now! as the host of an Al Capone Festival.
Twin towns — Sister cities
Árborg is twinned with:
See also
References
- ↑ "Twin municipalities Norway-Iceland" (in Norwegian). Norwegian government. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
- ↑ "Våra vänorter". kalmar.se. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
- ↑ "Savonlinnan ystävyyskaupungit". savonlinna.fi. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
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Coordinates: 63°56′10″N 21°00′00″W / 63.93611°N 21.00000°W
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