Fljót is the northernmost district on the east side of Skagafjörður, Iceland. It is divided into Eastern and Western and extends from river in the west to the county's border with Eyjafjörður county in the east. In the north of , the boundary between the counties lies on .
Geography Flókadalur valley and Bakkar are sometimes considered part of because they were a part of the former municipality Fljótahreppur. However, "" most often only refers to the wide valley leading off of Haganesvík and the area heading north along Miklavatn lake, up to Hraun, which is the northernmost farm in and, therefore, in all of Skagafjörður county. The area east of lake to Haganes peninsula, and then along Miklavatn's southern shore is often called a single name: Western . Eastern is from there to the northeast, and includes the inner parts of valley, within , called Stífla.
is grassy and snowy and it has a rather large reservoir, Miklavatn. There are a number of other large lakes including , and , which is a reservoir that formed after the Skeiðsfoss power station was built. The river used to run through ; it is called river past and power station, where it then flows into Miklavatn. The isthmus dividing the lake from the ocean is called . From there and from , there used to be a lot of fishing, including shark hunting.
History used to be a trading center, but now the branch of the is in , near the interior end of Miklavatn. The community center is also located there.
There are two church sites in , Barð in Western and Knappsstaðir in . Geothermal energy is widely available in and there is a swimming pool in . There used to be an independent school but now it is a branch of the primary school.
Notable people
Svanborg Rannveig Jónsdóttir, professor in arts and creative work in the School of Education at the University of Iceland, was born in Fljót.
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