Svanesund is a

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situated in

Orust Municipality Orust Municipality (''Orusts kommun'') is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Henån, with an approximate population of 1,800. The municipality includes Sweden's third largest island O ...

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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and is located on the channel between the east side of the island and

Bohuslän Bohuslän (; da, Bohuslen; no, Båhuslen) is a Swedish province in Götaland, on the northernmost part of the country's west coast. It is bordered by Dalsland to the northeast, Västergötland to the southeast, the Skagerrak arm of the North Sea ...

s mainland. The population last known as of 2010 was 1,518. Agglomeration is Orust second largest after

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and extends a few kilometers inland from the ferry situation .

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{{authority control Populated places in Västra Götaland County Populated places in Orust Municipality Populated coastal places in Sweden