Garður
Town in Southern Peninsula, Iceland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Garður (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkarðʏr̥] ⓘ) is a town in southwestern Iceland on the Southern Peninsula, bordered by the Faxaflói Bay. It is part of the municipality of Suðurnesjabær, formed in 2018 when it merged with Sandgerði.[1]
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Garður | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 64°04′N 22°38′W | |
Country | Iceland |
Region | Southern Peninsula |
Constituency | Southwest Constituency |
Municipality | Suðurnesjabær |
Government | |
• Mayor | Magnús Stefánsson |
Area | |
• Total | 21 km2 (8 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,409 |
• Density | 67.10/km2 (173.8/sq mi) |
Postal code(s) | 250 |
Website | svgardur |
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The town's name means garden or yard, after one of the many earthen walls once erected on the boundaries between local properties.[2] Garður was mentioned in the Book of Settlement when Ingólfur Arnarson, the first settler in Iceland, gave his cousin Steinunn Gamla this area of land.[3]