Tanumshede
urban area in Tanum Municipality, Sweden
Tanumshede is an urban area in the county of Västra Götaland in Sweden. It is the seat of Tanum Municipality.
Tanumshede | |
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Coordinates: 58°43′25″N 11°19′25″E / 58.72361°N 11.32361°E | |
Country | Sweden |
Province | Bohuslän |
County | Västra Götaland County |
Municipality | Tanum Municipality |
Area | |
• Total | 1.87 km2 (0.72 sq mi) |
Population (31 December 2010)[1] | |
• Total | 1,697 |
• Density | 905/km2 (2,340/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
The Rock Carvings in Tanum are a collection of petroglyphs near Tanumshede. They were declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1994.[2] In total there are thousands of images on about 600 panels.
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ↑ "Rock Carvings in Tanum". UNESCO. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
Other websites
changeMedia related to Tanumshede at Wikimedia Commons