Seyluhreppur
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Seyluhreppur | |
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 Seyluhreppur | |
| Country | Iceland |
| County | Skagafjörður (municipality) |
| Formation of Skagafjörður (municipality) | June 6, 1988 |
| Named after | Stóra-Seyla |
| Towns | Krossanes, Fjall, Víðimýri, Valadalur, Marbæli, Brautarholt, Húsey, Stóra-Seyla, Vellir, Grófargil |
| Time zone | UTC+0 |
Seyluhreppur is an old Icelandic hreppur, or rural municipality, that is today part of Skagafjörður County, Iceland. It is located west of the Héraðsvötn river and is named after the town of Stóra-Seyla in Langholt, which was where county assemblies were held.[1]
Seyluhreppur consisted of four districts: Langholt, Vallhólmur, Víðimýrarhverfi, and Skörð, aside from Fjall, Geldingaholt, and Húsabakkabæirnir, which were not considered to belong to any of the four districts. Seyluhreppur is wide, but only of the hreppur's farms had land bordering the mountain. The municipality was completely located within the Glaumbær parish, where there were two churches: one in the town of Glaumbær and one in Víðimýri. In centuries past, there was also a church in Geldingaholt.[2]
Agriculture was long the primary occupation of Seyluhreppur's population, but shortly before 1950, a small urban area developed in Varmahlíð, most of whose residents work in various types of businesses or in service jobs. Varmahlíð has a school, community center, hotel, and swimming pool, as well as shops and other services.[3] After incorporating into the Skagafjörður County, 303 residents lived in the hreppur, with 125 in Varmahlíð.[4]
On June 6, 1988, the hreppur joined ten other local municipalities to form the eponymous municipality of Skagafjörður: Skefilsstaðahreppur, Sauðárkrókur, Skarðshreppur, Staðarhreppur, Lýtingsstaðahreppur, Rípurhreppur, Viðvíkurhreppur, Hólahreppur, Hofshreppur, and Fljótahreppur.[5]