Map of Iceland Most municipalities in Iceland include more than one settlement.[ 1] For example, four localities (Selfoss , Stokkseyri , Eyrarbakki , and Tjarnabyggð ) can all be found in the municipality of Árborg .
A number of municipalities only contain a single locality, while there are also a few municipalities in which no localities exist. All localities in Iceland can only be located within a single municipality, i.e. they cannot straddle multiple municipality borders.[ 2] Some municipalities, such as Hafnarfjörður and Akranes , also share the same name with a locality. However, these localities are not always situated in their namesake municipalities. In those cases, this does not necessarily mean that they there are no other localities included in that particular municipality. Even when they are the only locality there, they do not always encompass the span of that municipality's entire land area.[ 3]
Reykjavík , Capital of Iceland Kópavogur Reykjanesbær Akureyri Selfoss The majority of the functions that are carried out by local governments actually happen at the municipal level. However, most settlements in Iceland are broken down further into the "locality" level, which are mainly used for information collection and statistical analysis purposes only—essentially, a census division .
Rank Name Population (2013) Population (2018)[ 4] Change (since 2013) Municipality[ 5] Region [ 6] 1 Reykjavík 118,918 124,847 5% Reykjavík Höfuðborgarsvæðið 2 Kópavogur 31,719 35,966 13.4% Kópavogur Höfuðborgarsvæðið 3 Hafnarfjörður 26,800 29,409 9.7% Hafnarfjörður Höfuðborgarsvæðið 4 Akureyri 17,693 18,542 4.8% Akureyri Norðurland eystra 5 Reykjanesbær 14,153 17,555 24% Reykjanesbær Suðurnes 6 Garðabær 11,421 12,912 13.1% Garðabær Höfuðborgarsvæðið 7 Mosfellsbær 8,651 10,225 18.2% Mosfellsbær Höfuðborgarsvæðið 8 Selfoss 6,510 7,564 16.2% Árborg Suðurland 9 Akranes 6,612 7,249 9.6% Akranes Vesturland 10 Seltjarnarnes 4,322 4,575 5.9% Seltjarnarnes Höfuðborgarsvæðið 11 Vestmannaeyjar 4,219 4,284 1.5% Vestmannaeyjar Suðurland 12 Grindavík 2,856 3,319 16.2% Grindavíkurbær Suðurnes 13 Ísafjörður 2,624 2,625 0% Ísafjarðarbær Vestfirðir 14 Álftanes 2,392 2,586 8.1% Garðabær Höfuðborgarsvæðið 15 Sauðárkrókur 2,575 2,574 0% Skagafjörður Norðurland vestra 16 Hveragerði 2,288 2,564 12.1% Hveragerði Suðurland 17 Egilsstaðir 2,303 2,464 7% Múlaþing Austurland 18 Húsavík 2,228 2,323 4.3% Norðurþing Norðurland eystra 19 Borgarnes 1,759 1,962 11.5% Borgarbyggð Vesturland 20 Sandgerði 1,546 1,753 13.4% Suðurnesjabær Suðurnes 21 Höfn 1,690 1,677 0.8% Hornafjörður Austurland 22 Þorlákshöfn 1,489 1,651 10.9% Ölfus Suðurland 23 Garður 1,429 1,595 11.6% Suðurnesjabær Suðurnes 24 Neskaupstaður 1,466 1,469 0.2% Fjarðabyggð Austurland 25 Dalvík 1,359 1,367 0.6% Dalvíkurbyggð Norðurland eystra 26 Reyðarfjörður 1,152 1,270 10.2% Fjarðabyggð Austurland 27 Siglufjörður 1,190 1,183 0.6% Fjallabyggð Norðurland eystra 28 Vogar 1,029 1,183 15% Vogar Suðurnes 29 Stykkishólmur 1,108 1,173 5.9% Stykkishólmur Vesturland 30 Eskifjörður 1,014 1,006 0.8% Fjarðabyggð Austurland 31 Ólafsvík 1,010 970 4% Snæfellsbær Vesturland 32 Hvolsvöllur 902 931 3.2% Rangárþing eystra Suðurland 33 Bolungarvík 894 924 3.4% Bolungarvík Vestfirðir 34 Hella 784 861 9.8% Rangárþing ytra Suðurland 35 Grundarfjörður 852 834 2.1% Grundarfjarðarbær Vesturland 36 Blönduós 813 821 1% Blönduósbær Norðurland vestra 37 Ólafsfjörður 790 791 0.1% Fjallabyggð Norðurland eystra 38 Fáskrúðsfjörður 654 712 8.9% Fjarðabyggð Austurland 39 Patreksfjörður 651 677 4% Vesturbyggð Vestfirðir 40 Seyðisfjörður 658 663 0.8% Múlaþing Austurland 41 Grundarhverfi 528 587 11.2% Reykjavík Höfuðborgarsvæðið 42 Hvammstangi 546 578 5.9% Húnaþing vestra Norðurland vestra 43 Stokkseyri 465 528 13.5% Árborg Suðurland 44 Eyrarbakki 531 526 0.9% Árborg Suðurland 45 Vopnafjörður 543 526 3.1% Vopnafjarðarhreppur Austurland 46 Skagaströnd 501 477 4.8% Skagaströnd Norðurland vestra 47 Flúðir 420 432 2.9% Hrunamannahreppur Suðurland 48 Vík 276 402 45.7% Mýrdalshreppur Suðurland 49 Fellabær 403 395 2% Múlaþing Austurland 50 Hellissandur 389 365 6.2% Snæfellsbær Vesturland 51 Djúpivogur 348 357 2.6% Múlaþing Austurland 52 Þórshöfn 379 352 7.1% Langanesbyggð Norðurland eystra 53 Svalbarðseyri 271 337 24.4% Svalbarðsstrandarhreppur Norðurland eystra 54 Hólmavík 391 320 18.2% Strandabyggð Vestfirðir 55 Grenivík 278 297 6.8% Grýtubakkahreppur Norðurland eystra 56 Hvanneyri 251 285 13.5% Borgarbyggð Vesturland 57 Þingeyri 262 276 5.3% Ísafjarðarbær Vestfirðir 58 Búðardalur 252 272 7.9% Dalabyggð Vesturland 59 Reykholt 206 270 31.1% Bláskógabyggð Suðurland 60 Hrafnagil 263 257 2.3% Eyjafjarðarsveit Norðurland eystra 61 Suðureyri 264 257 2.7% Ísafjarðarbær Vestfirðir 62 Tálknafjörður 275 231 16% Tálknafjarðarhreppur Vestfirðir 63 Bíldudalur 170 225 32.4% Vesturbyggð Vestfirðir 64 Mosfellsdalur 203 224 10.3% Mosfellsbær Höfuðborgarsvæðið 65 Hnífsdalur 216 208 3.7% Ísafjarðarbær Vestfirðir 66 Reykjahlíð 153 208 35.9% Skútustaðahreppur Norðurland eystra 67 Laugarvatn 147 191 29.9% Bláskógabyggð Suðurland 68 Raufarhöfn 169 186 10.1% Norðurþing Norðurland eystra 69 Stöðvarfjörður 189 184 2.6% Fjarðabyggð Austurland 70 Bifröst 246 179 27.2% Borgarbyggð Vesturland 71 Flateyri 199 177 11.1% Ísafjarðarbær Vestfirðir 72 Kirkjubæjarklaustur 119 176 47.9% Skaftárhreppur Suðurland 73 Súðavík 145 157 8.3% Súðavíkurhreppur Vestfirðir 74 Hrísey 171 151 11.7% Akureyri Norðurland eystra 75 Hofsós 181 147 18.8% Skagafjörður Norðurland vestra 76 Breiðdalsvík 130 137 5.4% Fjarðabyggð Austurland 77 Rif 163 135 17.2% Snæfellsbær Vesturland 78 Reykhólar 133 130 2.3% Reykhólahreppur Vestfirðir 79 Varmahlíð 128 127 0.8% Skagafjörður Norðurland vestra 80 Kópasker 122 122 0% Norðurþing Norðurland eystra 81 Laugarás 106 116 9.4% Bláskógabyggð Suðurland 82 Borg 75 112 49.3% Grafningshreppur Suðurland 83 Hauganes 105 111 5.7% Dalvíkurbyggð Norðurland eystra 84 Hafnir 76 110 44.7% Reykjanesbær Suðurnes 85 Laugar 111 109 1.8% Þingeyjarsveit Norðurland eystra 86 Melahverfi 115 107 7% Hvalfjarðarsveit Vesturland 87 Tjarnabyggð 81 106 30.9% Árborg Suðurland 88 Árskógssandur 112 102 8.9% Dalvíkurbyggð Norðurland eystra 89 Lónsbakki 104 102 1.9% Hörgársveit Norðurland eystra 90 Hólar 78 94 20.5% Skagafjörður Norðurland vestra 91 Nesjahverfi 71 92 29.6% Hornafjörður Austurland 92 Sólheimar 95 91 4.2% Grafningshreppur Suðurland 93 Brúnahlíð 62 85 37.1% Eyjafjarðarsveit Norðurland eystra 94 Drangsnes 69 77 11.6% Kaldrananeshreppur Vestfirðir 95 Borgarfjörður eystri 86 76 11.6% Borgarfjarðarhreppur Austurland 96 Árbæjarhverfi 54 74 37% Ölfus Suðurland 97 Brautarholt 54 70 29.6% Gnúpverjahreppur Suðurland 98 Rauðalækur 36 68 88.9% Rangárþing ytra Suðurland 99 Bakkafjörður 78 65 16.7% Langanesbyggð Norðurland eystra 100 Innnes 56 65 16.1% Hvalfjarðarsveit Vesturland 101 Grímsey 76 61 19.7% Akureyri Norðurland eystra 102 Þykkvabær 53 59 11.3% Rangárþing ytra Suðurland 103 Laugarbakki 48 57 18.8% Húnaþing vestra Norðurland vestra 104 Reykholt 36 56 55.6% Borgarbyggð Vesturland 105 Árnes 37 53 43.2% Gnúpverjahreppur Suðurland 106 Kristnes 56 52 7.1% Eyjafjarðarsveit Norðurland eystra 107 Kleppjárnsreykir 51 43 15.7% Borgarbyggð Vesturland
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