# Digranes

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Kópavogur District in Southwest, Iceland

Digranes Kópavogur District Location of Digranes within Kópavogur Coordinates: 64°06′40″N 21°52′48″W / 64.111°N 21.880°W / 64.111; -21.880 Country Iceland Constituency Southwest Region Capital Region Municipality Kópavogur Notable landmarks Kópavogsdalur, Víghóll Area • Total 3.4 km2 (1.3 sq mi) Population • Total 4,968[1] • Density 14.6/km2 (38/sq mi) Postal code 200

**Digranes** (Icelandic pronunciation: [\[ˈtɪɣraˌnɛːs\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Icelandic)) is one of the 5 districts of [Kópavogur](/source/K%C3%B3pavogur). The district's borders are defined by the [Hafnarfjarðarvegur](/source/Hafnarfjar%C3%B0arvegur) in the west, [Kópavogslækur](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=K%C3%B3pavogsl%C3%A6kur&action=edit&redlink=1) in the south, [Fossvogslækur](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fossvogsl%C3%A6kur&action=edit&redlink=1) in the north and the [Reykjanesbraut](/source/Reykjanesbraut) in the east.[2]

## History

Digranes is one of the oldest settlements within the city limits of [Kópavogur](/source/K%C3%B3pavogur), with agriculture arising on the land between 1300 and 1313.[3]

Digranes was once [crown land](/source/Crown_land), its land rent totalling some 90 acres in 1703.[4] Land rent was paid with fish and butter in [Market Towns](/source/Market_town#Iceland) ([Icelandic](/source/Icelandic_language): *Kaupstaðir*) and [Bessastaðir](/source/Bessasta%C3%B0ir). 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 ([Icelandic](/source/Icelandic_language): *Þjóðjörð*).[5]

Urbanization in Digranes arose in the 1930s[1] when agriculture was abolished on the land in 1936. Prior to that, the [Búnaðarfélag Íslands](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=B%C3%BAna%C3%B0arf%C3%A9lag_%C3%8Dslands&action=edit&redlink=1) [[is](https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%BAna%C3%B0arf%C3%A9lag_%C3%8Dslands)] was responsible for allocating lots on the land. The last practicing farmer in Digranes was Jón Guðmundsson, who worked from 1896 to 1936.[5]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Adalskipulag_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Adalskipulag_1-1) ["Aðalskipulag Kópavogs 2019–2040"](https://www.kopavogur.is/static/files/Skiplag/Adalskipulag/adalskipulag-kopavogs-2019-2040-greinargerd-umhverfisskyrsla-vidaukar.pdf) (PDF). *Aðalskipulag Kópavogs* (in Icelandic). Kópavogsbær. 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Digranes_KOP_2-0)** ["Digranes"](https://www.kopavogur.is/is/mannlif/utivist/ahugaverdir-stadir-1/digranes). *Kópavogsbær* (in Icelandic). 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Ferlir_KOP_Saga_3-0)** ["KÓPAVOGUR – SAGA"](https://ferlir.is/kopavogur-saga/). *Ferlir* (in Icelandic). Retrieved 15 October 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Thjodsafn_4-0)** Ólafsson, Guðmundur (2013). ["Fornleifakönnun á bæjarhól Digraness, Kópavogi"](https://www.thjodminjasafn.is/media/utgafa/1980-4-Fornleifakonnun-i-Digranesi.pdf) (PDF). *Vinnuskýrslur Þjóðminjasafns* (in Icelandic) (1980/4). Reykjavík: Þjóðminjasafn Íslands. Retrieved 15 October 2024.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Skilti_Ferlir_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Skilti_Ferlir_5-1) ["DIGRANESBÆRINN – SKILTI"](https://ferlir.is/digranes-skilti/). *Ferlir* (in Icelandic). Retrieved 15 October 2024.

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