Mellbystrand is a locality

Urban areas in Sweden

Urban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tätort. The official term in English, used by Statistics Sweden, is, however, locality. There are 1,940 localities in Sweden . They could be compared with census-designated places in the United States.A tätort in Sweden has a minimum of...

 situated in Laholm Municipality

Laholm Municipality

Laholm Municipality is a municipality in Halland County in southwest Sweden. The seat is located in Laholm.The amalgamation process during the local government reform in the 1970s took place in two steps...

, Halland County

Halland County

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, Sweden

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, with 1,681 inhabitants in 2005.

Geographically the village is located south of the estuary of the river Lagan, stretching along the Bay of Laholm.
The village is primarily known for the 12km long sandy beach also named Mellbystrand.
Each summer the village is populated by lots of tourists.