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Kópavogur

Kópavogur, Iceland
Kópavogur
Town seal
City nickname: none
Kópavogur
Location in Iceland
CountyTown with county status.
ConstituencySouthwest
Area 83.72 km² ( 32.32mi²)
Population


 - Total (2003)


 - Density


25,291


302.09/km2
Postal codes200-203

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Kópavogur is the second-largest city in Iceland with a population of about 25,000. It lies south of Reykjavík and is a part of the greater Reykjavík area .

Kópavogur will be long remembered as the site of the Kópavogur meeting where bishop Brynjólfur Sveinsson and lögmaður Árni Oddsson on behalf of the Icelandic people signed a document confirming total monarchy for the king of Denmark over Iceland.

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