Official Name: | Álftanes |
Settlement Type: | Town and former municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Iceland |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Álftanes in Iceland |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Iceland |
Subdivision Type1: | Constituency |
Subdivision Name1: | Southwest Constituency |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Capital Region |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Garðabær |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Sigurður G. Gunnarsson |
Area Total Km2: | 5 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 2,484 |
Population Density Km2: | 472 |
Coordinates: | 64.1064°N -22.0167°W |
Footnotes: | Postal Codes: 225 |
Álftanes (in Icelandic pronounced as /ˈaul̥taˌnɛːs/) is the name of a town and a collection of small peninsulas in Iceland. It means swan peninsula.
The best known of these peninsulas extrudes from the eastern part of Reykjanes with the town of the same name in the Capital Region of Iceland.
The municipality of Álftanes was merged into the neighboring municipality of Garðabær in January 2013.[1] Álftanes had a population of 2,484 as of January 2011. The town contains the official residence of the President of Iceland, Bessastaðir.[2]
The town is home to the Ungmennafélag Álftaness multi-sport club.