Region:Dreifbýli

Dreifbýli (Countryside)
	The region of Dreifbýli in Iceland
Country	Iceland
Number of zones	68
Maximum PPH	68
Last updated	2021-01-01

Dreifbýli (Countryside) is one of two regions in Iceland. The region covers most of the country's area with the exception of the area closest to the capital Reykjavik and has about 100 000 inhabitants.

The region covers more than 98 percent of the country's area, but only just under 30 percent of the population lives here, which means about one person per square kilometer. Dreifbýli also means sparsely populated in Icelandic. ^[1]

Geographical division

Municipalities

In the Dreifbýli region there are 24 municipalities with at least one turf zone:

Municipality	Zones
Akureyri	11
Bláskógabyggð	4
Borgarbyggð	2
Fjarðabyggð	1
Fljótsdalshérað	1
Grímsnes- og Grafningshreppur	2
Ísafjarðarbær	1
Mýrdalshreppur	2
Norðurþing	3
Rangárþing eystra	2
Rangárþing ytra	2
Seyðisfjarðarkaupstaður	2
Skútustaðahreppur	4
Snæfellsbær	3
Stykkishólmsbær	3
Súðavíkurhreppur	1
Sveitarfélagið Árborg	3
Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður	7
Sveitarfélagið Skagafjörður	3
Sveitarfélagið Ölfus	1
Vestmannaeyjabær	6
Vesturbyggð	2
Vopnafjarðarhreppur	1
Þingeyjarsveit	1

Zones

There are 68 turf zones in the region, two of which are counted as world heritage sites, three are counted as national park zones, one counts as monument zone, ten counts as holy zones and one counts as bridge zone.

The most taken zone is Geysir which is located at the geyser Geysir located northeast of the capital Reykjavik.

Year in parentheses indicates year of creation.