Tanum (municipality)
Tanum community | |||||
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State : | Sweden | ||||
Province (län): | Västra Götalands län | ||||
Historical Province (landskap): | Bohuslan | ||||
Main place: | Tanumshede | ||||
SCB code: | 1435 | ||||
Residents : | 12,841 (December 31, 2019) | ||||
Area : | 954.8 km² (January 1, 2016) | ||||
Population density : | 13.4 inhabitants / km² | ||||
Website : | www.tanum.se | ||||
List of municipalities in Sweden |
Coordinates: 58 ° 43 ' N , 11 ° 20' E
Tanum is a municipality ( Swedish kommun ) in the Swedish province of Västra Götalands län and the historic province of Bohuslän . The main town of the municipality is Tanumshede .
history
Before the amalgamation of Älvsborgs län , Skaraborgs län and Göteborgs och Bohus län to Västra Götalands län , Tanum belonged to the province of Göteborgs och Bohus län.
Attractions
In six places in the community there are rock carvings that were declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1994 as rock carvings by Tanum . The 3000 year old carvings and the large number of found objects from different epochs suggest an early settlement.
places
The following places are localities ( tatorter ):
- Fjällbacka
- Hamburgsund ; The place is divided and is located both on the mainland and on the island of Hamburgö
- Tanumshede
- Grebbestad
- Rabbalshede
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Per Jacobsson (1894–1963), Swedish manager; from 1956 to 1963 Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund
Web links
Commons : Gemeinde Tanum - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Tanum - Travel Guide
- Official website (Swedish, German)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner December 31, 2019 at Statistiska centralbyrån
- ↑ Kommunarealer January 1, 2016 at Statistiska centralbyrån (including all inland waters)