Stenungsund () is a

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and the seat of

Stenungsund Municipality Stenungsund Municipality (''Stenungsunds kommun'') is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Stenungsund. The municipality is situated by the sea inside the islands Orust and Tjörn and ...

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 ...

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with 9,987 inhabitants in 2010.

Overview

Stenungsund was once only an idyllic bathing and vacation location on the Swedish west coast. A landmark is the

Tjörn Bridge The Tjörn Bridge (Swedish: ''Tjörnbron'') is a cable-stayed bridge which together with two smaller bridges connects Stenungsund on mainland Sweden with the island Tjörn on the western coast of the country. The length is , the span width is , ...

, a bridge to the island

Tjörn Tjörn () is the sixth largest island in Sweden, located on the Swedish West coast in the province of Bohuslän. The area of the island is , and the area of the municipality is . The population, as of 2017, was 15,774 people. Geography Tjörn i ...

. Stenungsund is also home to several industries and business, with a total of 2000 registered businesses. The annual long-distance sailing competition

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 1963. About 1,000 sailing boat A sailboat or sailing ...

starts in Stenungsund. Archaeological excavations in Stenungsund in 2006 discovered a site of

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

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ceramic artifacts. Stenungsund was the host of the Tug-of-War championship in 2008.

History

Stenungsund holds the largest chemical cluster of its kind in Sweden, producing plastic in primary forms and basic chemicals. The name Stenungsund comes from the village stenunge that was located where central Stenungsund now exists. Historians believe the name meant "the village at the foot of the mountain." The village had several names including Staenungum, Steffningsbyn and lastly Stännung.

Climate

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Stenungsund: * Stenungsunds IF * Stenungsunds FC * Stenungsunds IBK * Stenungsund HF

References

Populated places in Västra Götaland County Populated places in Stenungsund Municipality Municipal seats of Västra Götaland County Swedish municipal seats Coastal cities and towns in Sweden {{VästraGötaland-geo-stub