Hrafnagil (, also known as Hrafnagilshverfi and formerly Reykárhverfi ) is a small

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

Eyjafjarðarsveit Eyjafjarðarsveit () is a municipality located in northern Iceland. Most of Eyjafjarðarsveit is located inland, but the northern tip borders a fjord In physical geography, a fjord (also spelled fiord in New Zealand English; ) is a long, narr ...

, northern

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, which in 2016 had 260

inhabitant In law and conflict of laws, domicile is relevant to an individual's "personal law", which includes the law that governs a person's status and their property. It is independent of a person's nationality. Although a domicile may change from time t ...

s. The village has a

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and a

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. The area has access to high-temperature geothermal heat, which is used to heat

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s and

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References

Populated places in Northeastern Region (Iceland) Eyjafjörður {{Iceland-geo-stub