Strömstad Municipality

Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Strömstads kommun
county=Västra Götaland County
province=Bohuslän
capital=Strömstad


arearank=187th
area=481.85
arealand=471.54
populationrank=190th
population=11,569
densityrank=155th
populationdensity=24.5
website=http://www.stromstad.se/
footnotes=Area & population from SCB as of December 31, 2006

Strömstad Municipality ("Strömstads kommun") is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Strömstad.

The municipality got its present boundaries in 1967, when the "City of Strömstad" was merged with the two adjacent rural municipalities Tjärnö and Vette. Vette had been created in 1952 out of four older entities.

Geography

Strömstad Municipality is located on the Norwegian border and is known to attract large numbers of shoppers from Norway.

Localities

*Kebal
*Skee
*Strömstad (seat)

External links

* [http://www.stromstad.se Strömstad Municipality] - Official site
* [http://www.stromstadtourist.se Strömstad and Koster] - Tourist site
* [http://www.besokskartan.se/BKgui/results/mapPage.aspx?MapObj=none&zoom=7&GeoX=11,1889426&GeoY=58,9395055&size=small Besökskartan] - Map