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Fljót
Fljót is the northernmost district on the east side of Skagafjörður, Iceland. It is divided into Eastern and Western and extends from river in the west to the county's border with Eyjafjörður county in the east. In the north of , the boundary between the counties lies on . Geography Flókadalur valley and Bakkar are sometimes considered part of because they were a part of the former municipality Fljótahreppur. However, "" most often only refers to the wide valley leading off of Haganesvík and the area heading north along Miklavatn lake, up to Hraun, which is the northernmost farm in and, therefore, in all of Skagafjörður county. The area east of lake to Haganes peninsula, and then along Miklavatn's southern shore is often called a single name: Western . Eastern is from there to the northeast, and includes the inner parts of valley, within , called Stífla. is grassy and snowy and it has a rather large reservoir, Miklavatn. There are a number of other l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fljótahreppur
Fljótahreppur was a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, located in the northernmost part of Skagafjörður County, Iceland and to the east of the fjord itself. Fljótahreppur is named after the district of Fljót. Fljótahreppur was split into Haganeshreppur and Holtshreppur in 1898 (or possibly 1899) but they were reunited under the same name on April 1, 1988. On June 6, 1988, Fljótahreppur joined ten other local governments to form Skagafjörður county: Skefilsstaðahreppur, Sauðárkrókur, Skarðshreppur, Staðarhreppur, Seyluhreppur, Lýtingsstaðahreppur, Rípurhreppur Rípurhreuppur was a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, in the middle of Skagafjörður County, Iceland, named after the Ríp church site in Hegranes. On June 6, 1998, Rípurhreppur joined ten other local governments to form Skagafjörðu ..., Viðvíkurhreppur, Hólahreppur, and Hofshreppur. Hreppur council The last Fljótahreppur council was elected in the hreppur committee e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |