Grebbestad ()
is a
locality
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situated in
Tanum Municipality
Tanum Municipality (; ''Tanums kommun'') is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in southwestern Sweden. Its seat is the town of Tanumshede, with 1,600 inhabitants.
The present municipality was formed in 1971 through the amalgamation of thr ...
,
Västra Götaland County
Västra Götaland County ( sv, Västra Götalands län) is a county or '' län'' on the western coast of Sweden.
The county is the second most populous of Sweden's counties and it comprises 49 municipalities (''kommuner''). Its population of 1 ...
,
Sweden
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. As of 2010, there were 1,401 inhabitants,
though this number can increase by as much as ten-fold during the summer. The town is also the harbour where the majority of
Norway lobster
''Nephrops norvegicus'', known variously as the Norway lobster, Dublin Bay prawn, ' (compare langostino) or ''scampi'', is a slim, orange-pink lobster which grows up to long, and is "the most important commercial crustacean in Europe". It is n ...
(in
Swedish
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''havskräfta'') are landed, as well as
oyster
Oyster is the common name for a number of different families of salt-water bivalve molluscs that live in marine or brackish habitats. In some species, the valves are highly calcified, and many are somewhat irregular in shape. Many, but not al ...
s.
Sports
The following sports clubs are located in Grebbestad:
*
Grebbestads IF
Grebbestads IF is a Swedish football club located in Grebbestad.
Background
In 2012 Grebbestads IF won Division 4 Bohuslän/Dalsland which is the sixth tier of Swedish football. In 2013 they played – and won – the third division N ...
See also
*
Greby
The Greby grave field (Swedish: ''Greby gravfält'') is an Iron Age grave field in western Sweden. It is located north of Grebbestad, Tanum Municipality in Västra Götaland County. With its 220 graves, it is the largest site of this kind in Bohu ...
References
External links
*
Tourist map of Grebbestad*
*
Grebbestad official website
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Populated places in Västra Götaland County
Populated places in Tanum Municipality