Glerá
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The Glerá (Icelandic pronunciation:
The river used to separate Akureyri proper from Glerá Village which was the settlement north of the Glerá but it merged with the township of Akureyri in the early 20th century. Today the part of Akureyri that is north of the Glerá is called Glerárhverfi [ˈklɛːrˌaurˌkʰvɛrvɪ] (Glerá Borough) or Þorpið [ˈθɔr̥pɪθ] (The Village) and more than 7000 of the town's 17000 residents live there.
References
- ^ a b "Glerá virkjuð á ný" (in Icelandic). Fréttablaðið. 29 April 2005. p. 16.