Rixö is a

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situated in

Lysekil Municipality Lysekil Municipality () is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Lysekil. The present municipality was formed in 1971, when the ''City of Lysekil'' (instituted as such in 1903) was amalg ...

Västra Götaland County Västra Götaland County () 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 1,616,000 amounts to 17% of S ...

, Sweden. It had 357 inhabitants in 2010.

History

The settlement grew up around the granite quarry and stonemasonry industry in the shore of

Brofjorden Brofjorden is a fjord in Lysekil Municipality, Bohuslän, Sweden. It cuts into Västra Götaland County in a southwest–northeasterly direction between the Stångenäset and Härnäset peninsulas. Situated between Gullmarn and Åbyfjorden, it is ...

. The industry was started on a German initiative and was run by Skandinaviska Granit AB in 1875–1964. Most of the stone was exported to Germany for the building of

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; some went to Argentina and to various constructions in Sweden. As of 2018, only a small part of the quarry is in operation.

Geography

In Brofjorden, opposite Rixö is Ryxö island, a designated

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Populated places in Lysekil Municipality {{VästraGötaland-geo-stub