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Akranes
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Dates of existence
1942 -
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Akraneskaupstaður er kaupstaður á Skipaskaga á Vesturlandi og var áður kallaður Skipaskagi, enn í daglegu tali Skaginn. Þar bjuggu 6.754 manns þann 1. desember 2015.
Akranes heitir í raun allt nesið milli Hvalfjarðar og Leirárvoga og trónir Akrafjall á því miðju. Nesið skiptist frá fornu fari milli tveggja hreppa: Akraneshrepps að sunnan og vestan og Skilmannahrepps norðan og austan. Á 19. öld fór að myndast þéttbýli í kringum sjósókn og verslun á Skipaskaga yst á nesinu. Árið 1885 var ákveðið að skipta Akraneshreppi í tvennt vegna hinna ólíku hagsmuna þéttbýlisins og sveitarinnar. Varð kauptúnið og næsta nágrenni þess að Ytri-Akraneshreppi en sveitin inn með Akrafjalli að Innri-Akraneshreppi. Ytri-Akraneshreppur hlaut kaupstaðarréttindi árið 1942 og hét eftir það Akraneskaupstaður.
Enn í dag er sjávarútvegur mikilvægasti atvinnuvegur bæjarins en verslun er einnig mikilvæg svo og iðnaður. Í bænum er sementsverksmiðja sem starfrækt hefur verið síðan á 6. áratug 20. aldar og á Grundartanga skammt frá bænum er álver sem starfað hefur síðan 1998.
Knattspyrna hefur lengi verið í hávegum höfð á Akranesi og lið bæjarins, ÍA, hefur löngum verið í fremstu röð á Íslandi.
Hvalfjarðargöngin sem vígð voru 1998 voru mikil samgöngubót fyrir Akranes og styttu verulega akstursleiðina til Reykjavíkur. Með tilkomu þeirra hætti Akraborgin siglingum sínum milli Reykjavíkur og Akraness.
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GPJ 11.2.2019
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- Icelandic
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Guðmundur Paul https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akranes