Árborg
Sveitarfélagið Árborg | |
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View over Selfoss, looking over Ölfusá river. | |
Location of Sveitarfélagið Árborg | |
| Coordinates: 63°56′10″N 21°00′00″W / 63.93611°N 21.00000°W | |
| Country | Iceland |
| Region | Southern Region |
| Constituency | South Constituency |
| Government | |
| • Manager | Ásta Stefánsdóttir |
| Area | |
• Total | 157 km2 (61 sq mi) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 11,565 |
| • Density | 74/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Postal code(s) | 800, 801, 802, 820, 825 |
| Municipal number | 8200 |
| Website | arborg |
Sveitarfélagið Árborg (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈsveiːtarˌfjɛːˌlaijɪð ˈaurˌpɔrk] ⓘ) is a municipality in southern Iceland. It is the most populous in the region, with a population of 11,565 in 2024. Founded in 1998, its largest town is Selfoss. Eyrarbakki and Stokkseyri are two communities on the southern coast and Sandvíkurhreppur is a rural administrative region between those three other towns.
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.