Grýtubakkahreppur

Grýtubakkahreppur
Grýtubakkahreppur
Municipality
	Skyline of Grýtubakkahreppur
	Location of Grýtubakkahreppur
	Grýtubakkahreppur
	Coordinates: 65°56′56″N 18°11′56″W / 65.9488876°N 18.1988985°W
Country	Iceland
Region	Northeastern Region
Constituency	Northeast Constituency
Government
• Manager	Þröstur Friðfinnsson
Area
• Total	432 km2 (167 sq mi)
Population
• Total	353
• Density	0.82/km2 (2.1/sq mi)
Postal code(s)	6602
Municipal number	610
Website	grenivik.is

Grýtubakkahreppur (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkriːtʏˌpahkaˌr̥ɛhpʏr̥] ^ⓘ, regionally also [ˈkriːtʰʏ-]) is a municipality located in northern-central Iceland, in Northeastern Region.

The population is approximately 400. It has a local convenience store, a bank, a preschool and a grade school.

Geography

Located on the eastern side of Eyjafjörður, north of Akureyri, next to Dalvík and not too far from Húsavík. Its main settlement is the village Grenivík [ˈkrɛːnɪˌviːk], which is located next to Kaldbakur mountain.^[1]

Local football club Magni Grenivík plays in the third tier of the Iceland football pyramid and play their home games at the Grenivíkurvöllur.

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