Akranes is seaport town of 5,955 people (December 2006) on the west coast of Iceland. Iceland is divided into 8 landsvæði (regions): The landsvæði are further divided into 23 counties, sýslur: Árnessýsla Austur-Barðastrandarsýsla Austur-Húnavatnssýsla Austur-Skaftafellssýsla Borgarfjarðarsýsla Dalasýsla Eyjafjarðarsýsla Gullbringusýsla, Kjósarsýsla Mýrasýsla Norður... Iceland is divided into 6 constituencies for the purpose of selecting representatives to the Alþingi (parliament). ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... In physics, Density is defined as mass m per unit volume V. Mathematically, it is expressed as where, in SI units: ρ (rho) is the density of the substance, measured in kg m-3 m is the mass of the substance, measured in kg v is the volume of the substance... Postal codes are generally clearly visible outside local Australian post offices. ...

History

The town started to form in the 19th century as a fishing village, and in 1942, it was formally chartered and in the following years, experienced the biggest surge in population in its history. Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ...

Industry has been a big and growing employer: a cement plant has been operated in the town since the 1950s, and an aluminum smelting plant has been in operation near the town since 1998. // Recovering from World War II and its aftermath, the economic miracle emerged in West Germany and Italy. ... Aluminum is a soft and lightweight metal with a dull silvery appearance, due to a thin layer of oxidation that forms quickly when it is exposed to air. ... Electric phosphate smelting furnace in a TVA chemical plant (1942) Chemical reduction, or smelting, is a form of extractive metallurgy. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

Currently

The fishing industry remains the town’s most important source of employment, but commerce is also a significant employer as Akranes acts as a service center for a large rural region surrounding it.

The town is expected to grow further in the coming years because of growing industry and improvements of transportation to the Reykjavík area, following the construction of the 5.57 km long Hvalfjörður Tunnel which was opened in 1998, one of the world’s longest underwater road tunnels.   (IPA: ) is the capital of Iceland, its largest city and, with a latitude at 64°08 N, the worlds most northern national capital. ... Hvalfjörður Tunnel (Hvalfjarðargöng in Icelandic) is a road tunnel under the Hvalfjörður fjord in Iceland and a part of the Hringvegur. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... A disused railway tunnel now converted to pedestrian and bicycle use, near Houyet, Belgium A tunnel is an underground passage. ...

Akranes' has a strong football tradition and the local team, ÍA, has for many years been among the best of the Icelandic football league.
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The port of Akranes, Iceland

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Notes

External links

• official site
• local museum
• Information about Akranes

Twenty largest Municipalities of Iceland

Reykjavík | Kópavogur | Hafnarfjörður | Akureyri | Reykjanesbær | Garðabær | Mosfellsbær | Árborg | Akranes | Seltjarnarnes | Vestmannaeyjar | Skagafjörður | Ísafjörður | Fjarðabyggð | Borgarbyggð | Húsavík | Grindavík | Hornafjörður | Fljótsdalshérað | Dalvíkurbyggð | The municipalities of Iceland are local administrative areas that provide a number of services to their inhabitants such as kindergartens, elementary schools, waste management, social services, public housing, public transportation, services to senior citizens and handicapped people etc. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Iceland. ...   (IPA: ) is the capital of Iceland, its largest city and, with a latitude at 64°08 N, the worlds most northern national capital. ... Location in Iceland Coordinates: Constituency Southwest Area    - City 83. ... Location of Hafnarfjörður, Iceland (left/center) Coordinates: Constituency Southwest Area    - City 147 km²  (56. ... Nickname: Höfuðstaður Norðurlands (Capital of North Iceland) Location in Iceland Coordinates: Constituency Northeast Area    - City 125 km²  (48. ... Reykjanesbær is a municipality on the Reykjanes peninsula in Iceland, it is made up of the towns Keflavík, Njarðvík and Hafnir. ... Garðabær is a municipality in the Greater Reykjavík area of Iceland. ... Mosfellsær is small city in Southwestern Iceland. ... Árborg is the largest city in Southern Iceland. ... Seltjarnarnes is a township located within the Greater Reykjavík area. ... Cliffs on Heimaey, Vestmannaeyjar Vestmannaeyjar (The Westman Islands) is a small archipelago off the south coast of Iceland. ... Location in Iceland County Skagafjarðarsýsla Constituency Northwest Area 4180 km² (1614mi²) Population Total (2003) Density 4,178 0. ... Location of Ísafjörður in Iceland A street in Ísafjörður Ísafjörður (IPA: [ˈi:saËŒfjÅ“rðʏrÌ¥]) (ice fjord in Icelandic) is the capital of the Westfjords (Vestfirðir) region of Iceland, With a population of about 3,000, Ísafjörður is the largest... Disambiguation, see also Húsavík, Faroe Islands Location in Iceland County Suður-Þingeyjarsýsla Constituency Northeast Area 270 km² ( 104. ... Location of Grindavík Grindavík is a fishing town at the peninsula of Reykjanes at the south-western coast of Iceland. ... Location of Dalvík Dalvík is a small fishing village in Eyjafjörður, Iceland. ...