Stenungsund Municipality

Stenungsund Municipality Stenungsunds kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 58°05′N 11°49′E
Country	Sweden
County	Västra Götaland County
Seat	Stenungsund
Area
• Total	301.09 km2 (116.25 sq mi)
• Land	251.91 km2 (97.26 sq mi)
• Water	49.18 km2 (18.99 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2023)
• Total	27,862
• Density	93/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Bohuslän
Municipal code	1415
Website	www.stenungsund.se

Stenungsund Municipality (Stenungsunds kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Stenungsund. The municipality is situated by the sea inside the islands Orust and Tjörn and traversed by the European route E6 and Bohus Line, in which it has three stops (Stora Höga, Stenungsund and Svenshögen).

The municipality was formed through amalgamation in 1952. In 1971 a parish from a dissolved municipality was added.

The coat of arms was registered in 1977. The device in the upper half is a hydrocarbon molecule, which alludes to the petrochemical industry in the municipality.

Localities (urban areas)

• Aröd och Timmervik (also in Kungälv Municipality)
• Hallerna
• Jörlanda
• Starrkärr och Näs
• Stenungsund (seat)
• Stenungsön
• Stora Höga
• Strandnorum
• Svenshögen
• Ucklum
• Ödsmål

Smaller localities (villages):

• Gilltorp
• Groland
• Grössbyn
• Härgusseröd
• Kullen och Dyrtorp (biggest village)
• Kyrkenorum
• Källsby
• Nolgärde och Johannesberg
• Rödmyren och Röd
• Sandbacka
• Skotthed
• Spekeröd
• Svartehallen
• Talbo och Östra Skår
• Vulseröd

The seat is located right by the European route E6 highway and the railway Bohus Line, Bohusbanan.

In 2006, archaeological excavations in the area revealed a series of burial sites dating between 1 AD and 300 AD.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Stenungsund Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.

In total there were 27,522 residents, including 20,770 Swedish citizens of voting age. 41.8% voted for the left coalition and 56.8% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location Residents Citizen
adults Left vote Right vote Employed Swedish
parents Foreign
heritage Income
SEK Degree % % Anrås-V Torp-Saxeröd 1,523 1,091 40.5 59.1 88 92 8 35,142 59 Berg-Käderöd-Hällesdalen 1,574 1,216 40.8 57.6 87 90 10 29,211 34 Brudhammar-Kopper 1,618 1,236 44.8 53.6 85 82 18 26,915 35 Doterödsvägen-Nyborg 1,710 1,409 44.9 53.0 80 80 20 24,846 40 Ekbacken-Hällebäck 1,613 1,227 47.2 51.9 90 87 13 30,915 45 Getskär-Valeberget 2,022 1,477 40.4 58.9 90 93 7 35,999 58 Gilltorp-Rämma-Högen 937 731 36.3 61.7 87 90 10 29,177 33 Hallerna-Strandkärr 1,898 1,333 40.0 59.3 87 91 9 32,773 46 Hasselbacken-Uppegårdsv. 1,885 1,250 51.0 46.4 66 51 49 19,368 21 Kvarnberget-Solgårdst. 1,435 1,116 42.6 55.6 86 84 16 29,915 47 Kyrkenorum 1,315 972 44.5 54.7 89 86 14 31,557 48 Källsby-Sävelycke 1,685 1,240 46.5 51.7 86 91 9 31,458 53 Näs-Apleröd-Stripplekärr 1,499 1,129 42.9 56.3 89 91 9 32,204 46 Spekeröd 1,319 980 36.2 62.7 88 91 9 30,126 36 Stenungestrand 1,831 1,570 41.7 57.3 76 82 18 23,857 40 Strandnorum-Kåkenäs 1,483 1,146 34.6 64.8 90 90 10 35,952 56 Svenshögen-Ucklum 2,175 1,647 36.2 60.8 84 87 13 27,796 34 Source: SVT

Notable corporations

• Hogia (Official website), one of Sweden's largest native computer software developers

Since the 1950s, Stenungsund Municipality has become the center for the petrochemical industry. Its distinguished silhouette is four giant chimneys, belonging to a large power plant.

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Stenungsund Municipality:

• Stenungsunds IF
• Vallens IF
• Stss, Tjörn Runt
• Stenungsund HF
• Stenungsunds FC

See also

• Stenungsund excavations

External links

• Stenungsund Municipality - Official site