Hrafnagil

Village in Northeast Constituency, Iceland
65°34′20″N 18°5′40″W / 65.57222°N 18.09444°W / 65.57222; -18.09444Country IcelandConstituencyNortheast ConstituencyRegionNortheastern RegionMunicipalityEyjafjarðarsveitPopulation
 (2016)
 • Total260Postal code
601
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Hrafnagil (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈr̥apnaˌcɪːl̥], also known as Hrafnagilshverfi [ˈr̥apnaˌcɪlsˌkʰvɛrvɪ] and formerly Reykárhverfi [ˈreiːkˌaurˌkʰvɛrvɪ][1]) is a small village in Eyjafjarðarsveit, northern Iceland, which in 2016 had 260 inhabitants.

The village has a school and a community center. The area has access to high-temperature geothermal heat, which is used to heat houses and greenhouses.

References

  1. ^ "Hverfið heitir Hrafnagilshverfi en ekki Reyká".


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