Lýtingsstaðahreppur
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- Efribyggð, Neðribyggð, Bústaðir, Varmalækur, Steinsstaðir, Litladalskot, Ýrafell, Goðdalir, Hamarsgerð, Skíðastaðir, Nautabú, Reykir, Álfgerisvöllur, Breið, Tunguháls, Sveinsstaðir, Brúnastaðir, Sölvanes
Lýtingsstaðahreppur | |
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 Lýtingsstaðahreppur | |
| Country | Iceland |
| County | Skagafjörður |
| Unification of Skagafjörður (municipality) | June 6, 1998 |
| Named after | Lýtingsstaðir farm in Tungusveit |
| Towns | List
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| Time zone | UTC+0 |
Lýtingsstaðahreppur was a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, in the interior of Skagafjörður County, Iceland, located to the west of the Héraðsvötn.[1] It was named after the Lýtingsstaðir farm in Tungusveit.[2] The hreppur spanned from the Krithóll farm,[3] just south of Vatnsskarð, and all the way south to the watershed in the highlands, where it reaches the boundary of what is considered the "north" and "south" of Iceland.
There were several districts in the interior of Lýtingsstaðahreppur:[4]
- Efribyggð and Neðribyggð are west of the Svartá (“Black River”) but north of Mælifellshnjúkur, at the base of Hamraheiði, which was previously named Fremribyggð.
- East of the Svartá and heading south towards the Tunguháls farm is an area called Tungusveit, which becomes Vesturdalur to the south.
- West of Vesturdalur is Svartárdalur and east of Vesturdalur is Austurdalur, the majority of which is actually located in Akrahreppur, but the Bústaðir farm was in Lýtingsstaðahreppur.
The area by the Héraðsvötn—across from Úlfsstaðir, Kúskerpi, and Uppsalir in Blönduhlíð—is called Dalspláss.
Agriculture is the primary industry in the area, but many people also work in the service sector. A small urban area has formed at two places within the old hreppur, one in Varmalækur in Neðribyggð and another in Steinsstaðir in Tungusveit. Some places in the hreppur have geothermal heating.
There are churches in Reykir, Mælifell,[5] and Goðdalir.
On June 6, 1998, Lýtingsstaðahreppur joined ten other local governments to form Skagafjörður: Skefilsstaðahreppur, Sauðárkrókur, Skarðshreppur, Seyluhreppur, Staðarhreppur, Rípurhreppur, Viðvíkurhreppur, Hólahreppur, Hofshreppur, and Fljótahreppur.[6]