Northwest (Icelandic constituency)

Northwest Constituency
Northwest Constituency ; Norðvesturkjördæmi
	Constituency of Iceland
Country	Iceland
Established	1999
Main town	Akranes
Composition	List 3 regions; 27 municipalities;
Population (2020)
• Electors	31,099
Representatives to Althing	8

Northwest Constituency is one of the six constituencies of Iceland. Its major town is Akranes. It elects 8 members to the Althing.

Geography

It borders with the constituencies of Northeast Constituency, South Constituency, Southwest Constituency and the coastline nearby Akranes is located close to the one of the North of Reykjavík. Its territory includes the glaciers of Drangajökull, Eiríksjökull, Snæfellsjökull, Þórisjökull and, at its south-eastern borders, the northern part of the Hofsjökull and Langjökull.

The constituency includes 3 regions and 27 municipalities.

Regions: Northwestern Region, Westfjords and Western Region
Municipalities: Akrahreppur, Akranes, Árneshreppur, Bæjarhreppur, Blönduós, Bolungarvík, Borgarbyggð, Dalabyggð, Eyja- og Miklaholtshreppur, Grundarfjörður, Helgafellssveit, Húnaþing vestra, Húnavatnshreppur, Hvalfjarðarsveit, Ísafjarðarbær, Kaldrananeshreppur, Reykhólahreppur, Skagabyggð, Skagafjörður, Skagaströnd, Skorradalshreppur, Snæfellsbær, Strandabyggð, Stykkishólmur, Súðavíkurhreppur, Tálknafjarðarhreppur and Vesturbyggð

The settlements with town status, listed per order of population, are 12:

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