Stenungsund

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.

Stenungsön is an island and a locality situated in Stenungsund Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 264 inhabitants in 2010. Stenungsön is separate from the main town Stenungsund by a narrow strait. The distance to central Gothenburg is about 47 kilometers.

Nösnäsvallen is a stadium in Stenungsund, Sweden. It is the home ground of the football team Stenungsunds IF. It is also usable for athletics. The Swedish national football team trained at Nösnäsvallen before both World Cup 1990 and Euro 2008. The stadium also has an olympic running course and it has been used by Sweden national olympic team for training.

Hallerna is a locality situated in Stenungsund Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 668 inhabitants in 2010.

Strandnorum is a locality situated in Stenungsund Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 1,251 inhabitants in 2010.

The Tjörn Bridge (Swedish: Tjörnbron) is a cable-stayed bridge which together with two smaller bridges connects Stenungsund on mainland Sweden with the island Tjörn on the western coast of the country. The length is 664 m (2,178 ft), the span width is 366 m (1,201 ft), and the height above the water is 45.7 m (150 ft). Inaugurated in 1981, the bridge was built in record time after its predecessor, the Almö Bridge, which was inaugurated in June 1960, collapsed after the bulk carrier MS Star Clipper collided with its span at 1:30 AM on 18 January 1980 in fog and darkness. Eight people died in seven vehicles that plunged into the sea before the bridge was closed.

The Almö Bridge (Swedish: Almöbron), inaugurated in 1960, was built to connect the island of Tjörn to the Swedish mainland. Built after a suggestion from Krupp, and on a budget, the arch bridge type was cheap but it also had narrow roadways forcing heavy traffic to slow down. Below it was the busy shipping lane leading to the town of Uddevalla, which sported a large shipyard and bulk harbor at the time.

Svanesund is a locality situated in Orust Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden and is located on the channel between the east side of the island and Bohusläns mainland. The population last known as of 2010 was 1,518. Agglomeration is Orust second largest after Henan and extends a few kilometers inland from the ferry situation .

Ödsmål is a locality situated in Stenungsund Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 608 inhabitants in 2010.

Höviksnäs is a locality situated in Tjörn Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 1,309 inhabitants in 2010.