Árborg

For the Canadian town of Arborg, see Arborg, Manitoba.

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.

Sveitarfélagið Árborg
Municipality
Location of Sveitarfélagið Árborg
Sveitarfélagið Árborg
Coordinates: 63°56′10″N 21°00′00″W
Country	Iceland
Region	Southern Region
Constituency	South Constituency
Government
• Manager	Ásta Stefánsdóttir
Area
• Total	158 km2 (61 sq mi)
Population  (2019)[1]
• Total	9,485
• Density	60.30/km2 (156.2/sq mi)
Postal code(s)	800, 801, 802, 820, 825
Municipal number	8200
Website	arborg.is

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

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Iceland

Árborg is twinned with:^[2]

• Arendal, Norway
• Kalmar, Sweden
• Savonlinna, Finland

See also

• Municipalities of Iceland

References

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