The Shires and Townships in Iceland

The Shires and Townships in Iceland
before and during the years of Emigration

To see parishes and farms click the relevant county.

An attempt to give some statistical, geographical and genealogical information
regarding the emigrants who went to North America. Impossible task - but anyway . . . .

Nr	Shires and Townships	Population 1845	Population 1880	Population 1901	Number of Emigrants
1	Múlasýsla North	3019	*	4426	2738
2	Múlasýsla South	2880	*	5046	1057
3	Skaftafellsýsla East	3262	*	3106	269
4	Skaftafellsýsla West	3262	*	3106	269
5	Vestmannaeyjar	396	*	607	297
6	Rangárvallasýsla	4776	*	4366	116
7	Árnessýsla	5159	*	6394	368
8	Gullbringusýsla	*	*	*	*
9	Reykjavík	961	*	6682	294
10	Kjósarsýsla	*	*	*	*
11	Borgarfjarðarsýsla	2166	*	2520	299
12	Mýrasýsla	*	*	1721	556
13	Hnappadalssýsla	*	*	458	*
14	Snæfellsnessýsla	*	*	3011	*
15	Dalasýsla	*	*	2044	436
16	Barðastrandarsýsla	*	*	3410	205
17	Ísafjarðarsýsla	*	*	7275	435
18	Strandasýsla	*	*	1812	171
19	Húnavatnssýsla	3986	*	3891	1361
20	Skagafjarðarsýsla	3997	*	4445	1422
21	Eyjafjarðarsýsla	4028	*	6747	1024
22	Þingeyjarsýsla South	3129	*	3772	989
23	Þingeyjarsýsla North	1205	*	1394	956
	Residence unknown	*	*	*	482
	Total	58603	*	78470	14268