Bláskógabyggð
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Bláskógabyggð ( ) is a municipality located in Iceland's Southern Region. Its major settlements are Laugarás and Laugarvatn. The municipality was formed in 2002 after the merger of Laugardalshreppur, Biskupstungnahreppur and Þingvallahreppur. Within the area of the municipality lies an enclave of another municipality, Grímsnes- og Grafningshreppur. thumbnail|left|Blesi , geothermal area of Geysir.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Bláskógabyggð
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_map
- Blaskogabyggd map.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Bláskógabyggð
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Iceland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Iceland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Southern Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Constituency
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- South Constituency
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 9 June 2002
- Settlement.leader_title1
- Manager
- Settlement.leader_name1
- Valtýr Valtýsson
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 3,300
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Iceland
- Located in
- Southern Region
- Population
- 1362
- Area
- 3300
- Official website
- www.blaskogabyggd.is
- Image
- 2008-05-25 14 34 06 Iceland-Þingvellir (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Bláskógabyggð
- native label
- Bláskógabyggð
- postal code
- 801
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
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Bláskógabyggð ( ) is a municipality located in Iceland's Southern Region. Its major settlements are Laugarás and Laugarvatn. The municipality was formed in 2002 after the merger of Laugardalshreppur, Biskupstungnahreppur and Þingvallahreppur. Within the area of the municipality lies an enclave of another municipality, Grímsnes- og Grafningshreppur. thumbnail|left|Blesi , geothermal area of Geysir.
== References ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bláskógabyggð” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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