Seltjarnarnes is a town and municipality in the Capital Region of Iceland, occupying a peninsula bordered only by Reykjavik to the east. It took its current political form shortly after the Second World War and was formally established as a township in 1947. It is the smallest Icelandic township by land area, and its small size relative to its population makes it Iceland's most densely populated municipality.
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Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Latitude64.154167 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Seltjarnarnes (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 4,585 (2025)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 64.154167, longitude -22.0
P2046 (area)
area 2.0 sq km
P571 (inception)
inception 1947
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 4585 (2025)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Seltjarnarnes - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3414979
64.15309 -21.99499 P PPL IS 39 1100 4726 9 Atlantic/Reykjavik
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 9 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 64.25, -21.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 64.25, -21.75
64.25 -21.75 Cfc
Seltjarnarnes (Wikipedia)
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Seltjarnarnes (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈsɛlˌtʰja(r)tnarˌnɛːs] ) is a town and municipality in the Capital Region of Iceland.
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