Stenungsund 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...

 and the seat of Stenungsund Municipality

Stenungsund Municipality

Stenungsund Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Stenungsund...

, Västra Götaland County

Västra Götaland County

Västra Götaland County is a county or län on the western coast of Sweden.The county is the second largest of Sweden's counties and it is subdivided into 49 municipalities . Its population of 1,550,000 amounts to 17% of Sweden's population...

, Sweden

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 with 10,067 inhabitants in 2005.

Overview

Stenungsund was once only an idyllic bathing and vacation location on the Swedish west coast. A landmark is the Tjörn Bridge, a bridge to the island Tjörn

Tjörn

Tjörn is the sixth largest island in Sweden. It is located on the Swedish West coast in the province of Bohuslän.-Geography:Tjörn is connected in the east to the town of Stenungsund on the mainland by the Tjörn bridge, and to the island of Orust in the north by theSkåpesund bridge. The largest town...

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The annual long distance sailing competition, Tjörn Runt

Tjörn Runt

Tjörn Runt is an annual long distance sailing competition that takes place in Sweden around the island of Tjörn. The race has been held on the third Saturday of August every year since 1964. About 1,000 sailing boats sail the around Tjörn each year...

, starts in Stenungsund.

Archaeological excavations in Stenungsund in 2006 discovered a site of Iron Age

Roman Iron Age

The Roman Iron Age is the name that Swedish archaeologist Oscar Montelius gave to a part of the Iron Age in Scandinavia, Northern Germany and the Netherlands....

 burials (1st - 3rd century AD), notable for the unusual presence of Roman

Ancient Rome

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ceramic artefacts.