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Þingeyjarsveit
Municipality
Location of Þingeyjarsveit
Country	Iceland
Region	Northeastern Region
Constituency	Northeast Constituency
Area
• Total	12,021 km² (4,641 sq mi)
Population (2023)
• Total	1,393
• Density	0.11/km² (0.3/sq mi)
Postal code(s)	601, 641, 645, 650, 660
Municipal number	6613
Website	thingeyjarsveit.is

Þingeyjarsveit (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈθiŋkˌeiːjarˌsveiːt] ^ⓘ) is a municipality located in Iceland. The Vaglaskógur birch wood, one of Iceland's largest woods, is located in the municipality. The district school and sports centre can be found in Laugar. In 2022 the municipality merged with Skútustaðahreppur under its own name, making the municipality the largest in Iceland by area. ^[1] The municipality agreed to change their governance from a mayor to a council.^[2]

References

^ "Skútustaðahreppur og Þingeyjarsveit sameinast". Vikublaðið (in Icelandic).
^ "Enginn sveitarstjóri í nýju sveitarfélagi". RÚV (in Icelandic). 15 March 2022.

External links

Official website (in Icelandic)

v t e Municipalities of Iceland
Capital Region	Garðabær Hafnarfjarðarkaupstaður Kjósarhreppur Kópavogsbær Mosfellsbær Reykjavíkurborg Seltjarnarneskaupstaður
Southern Peninsula	Grindavíkurbær Reykjanesbær Suðurnesjabær Sveitarfélagið Vogar
Western Region	Akraneskaupstaður Borgarbyggð Dalabyggð Eyja- og Miklaholtshreppur Grundarfjarðarbær Hvalfjarðarsveit Skorradalshreppur Snæfellsbær Stykkishólmsbær
Westfjords	Árneshreppur Bolungarvíkurkaupstaður Ísafjarðarbær Kaldrananeshreppur Reykhólahreppur Strandabyggð Súðavíkurhreppur Tálknafjarðarhreppur Vesturbyggð
Northwestern Region	Húnabyggð Húnaþing vestra Skagabyggð Sveitarfélagið Skagafjörður Sveitarfélagið Skagaströnd
Northeastern Region	Akureyrarkaupstaður Dalvíkurbyggð Eyjafjarðarsveit Fjallabyggð Grýtubakkahreppur Hörgársveit Langanesbyggð Norðurþing Svalbarðsstrandarhreppur Tjörneshreppur Þingeyjarsveit
Eastern Region	Fjarðabyggð Fljótsdalshreppur Múlaþing Vopnafjarðarhreppur
Southern Region	Ásahreppur Bláskógabyggð Flóahreppur Grímsnes- og Grafningshreppur Hrunamannahreppur Hveragerðisbær Mýrdalshreppur Rangárþing eystra Rangárþing ytra Skaftárhreppur Skeiða- og Gnúpverjahreppur Sveitarfélagið Árborg Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður Sveitarfélagið Ölfus Vestmannaeyjabær

65°43′23″N 17°21′32″W / 65.723°N 17.359°W / 65.723; -17.359

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