Garður
Sveitarfélagið Garður is a municipality an toun locatit in soothwastren Iceland, bordered by the Faxaflói Bay on the Reykjanes peninsula.
Sveitarfélagið Garður | |
|---|---|
Toun | |
 Location o Sveitarfélagið Garður, Iceland (left/centre) | |
  Sveitarfélagið Garður Location in Iceland | |
| Coordinates: 64°04′N 22°38′W / 64.067°N 22.633°W | |
| Kintra |  Iceland |
| Constituency[1] | Suðurkjördæmi |
| Region[2] | Suðurnes[3] |
| Coonty | Gullbringusýsla |
| Municipality | Garður |
| Area | |
| • Total | 21 km2 (8 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,452 |
| • Density | 69.1/km2 (179/sq mi) |
| Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
| Postal Code: 250 | |
As o Januar 2011, Garður haed a total population o 1,452. The toun Gardur, which means garden or yard, wis namit efter ane o the mony yirden waws ance erectit on the boondaries atween local properties.[4]
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The rich fishin grunds bi the shore remain the toun's economic base. A great deal o fishin wis carriet oot here in earlier centuries, an thare are relics tae be foond alang the shore. Garður remains a strang fishin centre wi fish processin firms.
The Garður Peninsula Historical Museum (Byggðasafn Garðskaga), which is locatit at the peninsula, tells the story o the fishermen an the history o the fowk who livit an wirkit in the commonty.[5]
Garður is kent for its lichthooses an aw. The auld Garðskagi Lichthoose wis built in 1897 an wis uised till recently as a centre for studyin the thoosans o migratin birds which arrive thare frae Greenland an North Americae ivery year tae breed on the surroondin shore.
Garður is the hame o the popular indie baund Of Monsters and Men.[6]
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The local sports club is cried Víðir. Their fitbaa team played the 2011 saison in the men´s third diveesion. They last played in Iceland's top tier in 1991.[7]
References eedit
- ↑ Poleetical diveesion
- ↑ Mainly statistical diveesion
- ↑ Umwhile namit Reykjanes
- ↑ "Garður (Town of Gardur, Reykjanes, South Iceland)". Archived frae the original on 20 Mairch 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
- ↑ Garður Peninsula Historical Museum (Byggðasafn Garðskaga)
- ↑ "Garður Folk Museum and Lighthouse (enjoyiceland.is)". Archived frae the original on 3 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
- ↑ Iceland 1991 - RSSSF
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- (in Inglis) Offeecial steid Archived 2012-12-20 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Icelandic) Offeecial steid