The Greater Reykjavík area (Icelandic: Höfuðborgarsvæðið, meaning "the capital area") is the metropolitan area of the Icelandic capital Reykjavík, with a population of 202,000 inhabitants, about 64% of Iceland's population. Reykjavík and its neighbouring municipalities are:
By population
(Population in October 2008)
By location
Reykjavík itself is located on an 8 km long and 5 km wide peninsula, Seltjarnarnes. The peninsula juts out from the sout...
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The Greater Reykjavík area (Icelandic: Höfuðborgarsvæðið, meaning "the capital area") is the metropolitan area of the Icelandic capital Reykjavík, with a population of 202,000 inhabitants, about 64% of Iceland's population. Reykjavík and its neighbouring municipalities are:
By population
(Population in October 2008)
By location
Reykjavík itself is located on an 8 km long and 5 km wide peninsula, Seltjarnarnes. The peninsula juts out from the south-eastern coast of Faxaflói Bay. Its landscape has many small hills and one main valley, Laugardalur. On the north coast of Seltjarnarnes there is a small bay called Reykjavík and on its shore is located the historical centre and oldest part of Reykjavík.
Following development over the decades, the geographical centre of the metropolitan area is now at Kópavogur, the largest town in the area apart from Reykjavík. Five of the six suburbs have developed in the last 50–70 years: the exception is Hafnarfjörður, an old fishing town.
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