Grafarvogur
Grafarvogur () is among the largest residential districts of Reykjavík, Iceland. It is a relatively new neighbourhood and is located on the eastern-most side of Reykjavík. Major construction began in the late 1980s and continued well into the 1990s.
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- Grafarvogur
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- District
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- Grafarvogs (3).JPG
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- View towards Rimahverfi
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- Reykjavík map (D08-Grafarvogur).png
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- Country
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- Iceland
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- Municipality
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- Reykjavík
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- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 14
- Settlement.area_urban_km2
- 7.7
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Grafarvogur () is among the largest residential districts of Reykjavík, Iceland. It is a relatively new neighbourhood and is located on the eastern-most side of Reykjavík. Major construction began in the late 1980s and continued well into the 1990s.
==Neighbourhoods== The district includes 15 neighbourhoods: Hamrar , Foldir , Hús , Rimar , Borgir , Víkur , Engi , Spöng , Staðir , Höfðar , Bryggjuhverfi , Geirsnef , Gufunes , keldur, and Geldinganes . Of those, five (Rimar, Hamrar, Borgir, Víkur and Foldir) fall within the boundaries of the historic Gufunes estate.
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