{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Digranes | native_name = | native_name_lang = | settlement_type = [[Kópavogur]] District | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | image_map = File:Digranes Map.png | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Digranes within [[Kópavogur]] | coordinates = {{coord|64.111|-21.880|region:IS|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Iceland]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Constituencies of Iceland|Constituency]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Southwest Constituency|Southwest]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Regions of Iceland|Region]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Capital Region (Iceland)|Capital Region]] | subdivision_type3 = [[Municipalities of Iceland|Municipality]] | subdivision_name3 = [[Kópavogur]] | established_title = | established_date = | parts_type = Notable landmarks | parts_style = para | p1 = Kópavogsdalur, Víghóll | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = | unit_pref = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 3.4 | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 4968<ref name="Adalskipulag"/> | population_as_of = | population_density_km2 = 14.6 | population_note = | timezone = | utc_offset = | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 200 | area_code = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Digranes''' ({{IPA|is|ˈtɪɣraˌnɛːs}}) is one of the 5 districts of [[Kópavogur]]. The district's borders are defined by the [[Hafnarfjarðarvegur]] in the west, [[Kópavogslækur]] in the south, [[Fossvogslækur]] in the north and the [[Reykjanesbraut]] in the east.<ref name="Digranes KOP">{{cite web |title=Digranes |url=https://www.kopavogur.is/is/mannlif/utivist/ahugaverdir-stadir-1/digranes |website=Kópavogsbær |access-date=15 October 2024 |language=Icelandic |date=2020}}</ref>
==History== Digranes is one of the oldest settlements within the city limits of [[Kópavogur]], with agriculture arising on the land between 1300 and 1313.<ref name="Ferlir KOP Saga">{{cite web |title=KÓPAVOGUR – SAGA |url=https://ferlir.is/kopavogur-saga/ |website=Ferlir |access-date=15 October 2024 |language=Icelandic}}</ref>
Digranes was once [[crown land]], its land rent totalling some 90 acres in 1703.<ref name="Thjodsafn">{{cite journal |last1=Ólafsson |first1=Guðmundur |title=Fornleifakönnun á bæjarhól Digraness, Kópavogi |journal=Vinnuskýrslur Þjóðminjasafns |date=2013 |issue=1980/4 |url=https://www.thjodminjasafn.is/media/utgafa/1980-4-Fornleifakonnun-i-Digranesi.pdf |access-date=15 October 2024 |publisher=Þjóðminjasafn Íslands |location=Reykjavík |language=Icelandic}}</ref> Land rent was paid with fish and butter in [[Market town#Iceland|Market Towns]] ({{langx|is|Kaupstaðir}}) and [[Bessastaðir]]. The land remained under royal possession when the majority of crown land was sold off in the second half of the 19th century, thus becoming public land ({{langx|is|Þjóðjörð}}).<ref name="Skilti Ferlir">{{cite web |title=DIGRANESBÆRINN – SKILTI |url=https://ferlir.is/digranes-skilti/ |website=Ferlir |access-date=15 October 2024 |language=Icelandic}}</ref>
Urbanization in Digranes arose in the 1930s<ref name="Adalskipulag">{{cite journal |title=Aðalskipulag Kópavogs 2019–2040 |date=2021 |url=https://www.kopavogur.is/static/files/Skiplag/Adalskipulag/adalskipulag-kopavogs-2019-2040-greinargerd-umhverfisskyrsla-vidaukar.pdf |journal= Aðalskipulag Kópavogs|access-date=15 October 2024 |publisher=Kópavogsbær |language=Icelandic}}</ref> when agriculture was abolished on the land in 1936. Prior to that, the {{ill|Búnaðarfélag Íslands|is|Búnaðarfélag Íslands}} was responsible for allocating lots on the land. The last practicing farmer in Digranes was Jón Guðmundsson, who worked from 1896 to 1936.<ref name="Skilti Ferlir"/> <br />
==References== {{Reflist}}
[[Category:Kópavogur]] [[Category:Populated places in Capital Region (Iceland)]]
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