Árborg

Municipality in Southern Region, Iceland

63°56′10″N 21°00′00″W / 63.93611°N 21.00000°W / 63.93611; -21.00000CountryIcelandRegionSouthern RegionConstituencySouth ConstituencyGovernment

• ManagerÁsta StefánsdóttirArea

• Total158 km² (61 sq mi)Population

(2019)^[1]

• Total9,485 • Density60.30/km² (156.2/sq mi)Postal code(s)

800, 801, 802, 820, 825

Municipal number8200Websitearborg.is

Sveitarfélagið Árborg (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈsveiːtarˌfjɛːˌlaijɪð ˈaurˌpɔrk] ^ⓘ) is the biggest municipality in southern Iceland founded in 1998. The biggest town in the municipality is Selfoss. Eyrarbakki and Stokkseyri are two communities on the southern coast and Sandvíkurhreppur is a rural administrative region between those three other towns.

The area was represented in the fifth episode of the first season of the parody TV series Documentary Now! as the host of an Al Capone Festival.

Twin towns — sister cities

Árborg is twinned with:^[2]

Arendal, Norway
Kalmar, Sweden
Savonlinna, Finland

References

^ "Population by municipalities, sex and age 1 January 1998-2019 - Current municipalities". PX-Web. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
^ "Vinabæir Selfoss". old.arborg.is (in Icelandic). Árborg. Retrieved 2020-02-12.