Southwest (Icelandic constituency)

Southwest Constituency is one of the six constituencies of Iceland. Its major town is Kópavogur. It elects 13 members to the Althing.

Southwest Constituency Suðvesturkjördæmi
Constituency of Iceland
Country	Iceland
Established	1999
Main town	Kópavogur
Composition	List 1 region 7 municipalities
Population  (2020)
• Electors	101,898
Representatives to Althing	13

Geography

The constituency is composed by the surrounding municipalities of the Capital Region of Reykjavík. It borders with the constituencies of Northwest Constituency, Reykjavik Constituency North, Reykjavik Constituency South and South Constituency. Its territory is scattered into 5 non contiguous pieces:

• The main area of Álftanes, Garðabær, Hafnarfjörður and Kópavogur West
• The little cape constituting Seltjarnarnes
• The area of Kópavogur East and Mosfellsbær
• The municipal territory of Kjósarhreppur
• The municipal exclave of Hafnarfjörður.

Administration

Composition

The constituency includes 1 region and 7 municipalities.

• Regions: Capital Region
• Municipalities: Garðabær, Hafnarfjörður, Kjósarhreppur (195 inh.), Kópavogur, Mosfellsbær and Seltjarnarnes

Towns

The settlements with town status, listed per order of population, are 6:

• Kópavogur (37,959)
• Hafnarfjörður (29,971)
• Garðabær (16,924)
• Mosfellsbær (12,073)
• Seltjarnarnes (4,726)
• Álftanes (2,484)

References

• "General elections to the Althingi 28 October 2017" (PDF). Statistics Iceland. 21 December 2017.

External links

Media related to Constituencies of Iceland at Wikimedia Commons