Grýtubakkahreppur
Municipality in Northeastern Region, Iceland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Grýtubakkahreppur (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkriːtʏˌpahkaˌr̥ɛhpʏr̥] , regionally also [ˈkriːtʰʏ-]) is a municipality located in northern-central Iceland, in Northeastern Region.
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Grýtubakkahreppur | |
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 Skyline of Grýtubakkahreppur | |
 Location of Grýtubakkahreppur | |
  Grýtubakkahreppur | |
| Coordinates: 65.9488876°N 18.1988985°W | |
| Country | Iceland |
| Region | Northeastern Region |
| Constituency | Northeast Constituency |
| Government | |
| • Manager | Þröstur Friðfinnsson |
| Area | |
| • Total | 432 km2 (167 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 353 |
| • Density | 0.82/km2 (2.1/sq mi) |
| Postal code(s) | 6602 |
| Municipal number | 610 |
| Website | grenivik |
The population is approximately 400. It has a local convenience store, a bank, a preschool and a grade school.
Located on the eastern side of Eyjafjörður, north of Akureyri, next to Dalvík and not too far from Húsavík. Its main settlement is the village Grenivík [ˈkrɛːnɪˌviːk], which is located next to Kaldbakur mountain.[1]
Local football club Magni Grenivík plays in the third tier of the Iceland football pyramid and play their home games at the Grenivíkurvöllur.
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