Tanum Municipality
Tanums kommun | |
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| Coordinates: 58°43′N 11°19′E / 58.717°N 11.317°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Västra Götaland County |
| Seat | Tanumshede |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,351.35 km2 (907.86 sq mi) |
| • Land | 917.24 km2 (354.15 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1,434.11 km2 (553.71 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2023)[2] | |
| • Total | 12,865 |
| • Density | 5.5/km2 (14/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Bohuslän |
| Municipal code | 1435 |
| Website | www.tanum.se |
Tanum Municipality (IPA: [ˈtânːɵm];[3] Tanums kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in southwestern Sweden. Its seat is the town of Tanumshede, with 1,600 inhabitants.
The present municipality was formed in 1971 through the amalgamation of three former units. Before the subdivision reform of 1952, there were seven entities in the area.
- ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
- ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
- ^ Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 24.