Stenungsund Municipality

Stenungsund Municipality (Stenungsunds kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland Coonty in wastren Swaden. Its seat is locatit in the toun o Stenungsund. The municipality is situatit bi the sea inside the islands Orust an Tjörn an traversed bi the E6 an Bohus Line, in which it haes three stops (Stora Höga, Stenungsund an Svenshögen).

The municipality wis formit throu amalgamation in 1952. In 1971 a pairish frae a dissolvit municipality wis addit.

The coat o airms wis registred in 1977. The device in the upper hauf is a hydrocarbon molecule, which alludes tae the petrochemical industry in the municipality.

Localities
Hallerna 
Jörlanda
Stenungsund 
Stenungsön 
Stora Höga 
Strandnorum Svartehallen 
Svenshögen 
Starrkärr och Näs 
Timmervik 
Ucklum 
Ödsmål 

The seat is locatit richt bi the European route E6 heich-gate an the railwey Bohus Line, Bohusbanan.

In 2006, airchaeological excavations in the aurie revealed a series o burial steids datin atween 1 AD an 300 AD.

Notable corporations
Hogia (Offeecial wabsteid), ane o Swaden's mucklest native computer software developers

Syne the 1950s, Stenungsund Municipality haes acome the centre for the petrochemical industry. Its distinguished silhouette is fower giant chimneys, belangin tae a muckle pouer plant.

Sports
The follaein sports clubs are locatit in Stenungsund Municipality:

 Stenungsunds IF
 Vallens IF 
 Stss, Tjörn Runt

See an aw
Stenungsund excavations

References

Freemit airtins
Stenungsund Municipality - Offeecial steid


Category:Municipalities o Västra Götaland Coonty
Category:Metropolitan Gothenburg
Category:Gothenburg an Bohus