List of cities in Iceland

List of cities and towns in Iceland

The following is a list of some towns and villages in Iceland:

Map of Iceland
Reykjavik, Capital of Iceland
Kópavogur
Akureyri

Contents

Above 100,000 inhabitants

  • Greater Reykjavík Area - 202,000
  • Reykjavík - 119,900

10,000 – 100,000 inhabitants

  • Akureyri - 17,390
  • Garðabær - 10,272
  • Hafnarfjörður - 25,434
  • Keflavík - 14,000
  • Kópavogur - 29,795
  • Reykjanesbær - 14,029

(All of these except for Akureyri and Reykjanesbær immediately adjoin Reykjavík.) Keflavík is 30 miles west of Reykjavík.

1,000 – 10,000 inhabitants

  • Akranes - 6,549 (SW)
  • Álftanes - 2,455 (SW)
  • Borgarnes - 2,000 (W)
  • Dalvík - 1,936 (N)
  • Egilsstaðir - 2,226 (E)
  • Eskifjörður - 1,095 (E)
  • Garður - 1,545 (SW)
  • Grindavík - 2,836 (SW)
  • Höfn - 2,122 (SE)
  • Húsavík - 2,253 (N)
  • Hveragerði - 2,300 (SW)
  • Ísafjörður - 3,941 (NW)
  • Mosfellsbær - 8,147 (SW)
  • Neskaupstaður - 1,432 (E)
  • Njarðvík - 4,400 (SW)
  • Ólafsvík - 1,003 (W)
  • Reyðarfjörður - 1,529 (E)
  • Sandgerði - 1,757 (SW)
  • Sauðárkrókur - 2,700 (N)
  • Selfoss - 6,253 (SW)
  • Seltjarnarnes - 4,445 (SW)
  • Siglufjörður - 1,307 (N)
  • Stykkishólmur - 1,103 (W)
  • Vestmannaeyjar - 4,040 (SW)
  • Þorlákshöfn - 1,541 (SW)
  • Vogar - 1,264 (SW)

Less than 1,000 inhabitants

  • Bíldudalur - 175 (NW)
  • Blönduós - 911 (N)
  • Bolungarvík - 904 (NW)
  • Breiðdalsvík - 153 (E)
  • Búðardalur - 249 (W)
  • Djúpivogur - 354 (E)
  • Drangsnes - 61 (NW)
  • Eyrarbakki - 594 (SW)
  • Fáskrúðsfjörður - 674 (E)
  • Flúðir - 363 (SW)
  • Grundarfjörður - 951 (W)
  • Hella - 753 (SW)
  • Hellissandur - 391 (W)
  • Hólar - 103 (N)
  • Hólmavík - 381 (NW)
  • Hvammstangi - 601 (N)
  • Hvanneyri - 303 (W)
  • Hvolsvöllur - 822 (SW)
  • Kirkjubæjarklaustur - 114 (S)
  • Laugardælir - ?? (SW)
  • Mjóifjörður - 52 (E)
  • Ólafsfjörður - 881 (N)
  • Patreksfjörður - 622 (NW)
  • Reykholt - 205 (two villages, W and SW)
  • Reykjahlíð - 300 (N)
  • Seyðisfjörður - 716 (E)
  • Skagaströnd - 530 (N)
  • Skógar - 25 (S)
  • Stokkseyri - 487 (SW)
  • Stöðvarfjörður - 230 (E)
  • Tálknafjörður - 297 (NW)
  • Vík í Mýrdal - 279 (S)
  • Vopnafjörður - 559 (E)

Population on July 1, 2008.

See also

  • Constituencies of Iceland
  • Counties of Iceland
  • Municipalities of Iceland
  • Government of Iceland
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