Lysekil Municipality

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**Lysekil Municipality (*Kommun*)**
Lysekil in western V.G. County Map outlining the municipalities of Sweden	Coat of arms
	Municipal facts
	Seat	Lysekil
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	County	Västra Götaland County
	Province	Bohuslän
	Area Rank	210 km² 246th of 290
	Population Rank (2005)	14,767 x of 290
	Population density	70/km²

Lysekil municipality is a Swedish municipality in Västra Götaland County, in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Lysekil, wherein half of the municipal population live.

1 Geography
- 1.1 Things to do
- 1.2 Towns
2 History
3 Sister cities
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Geography

Lysekil borders to the municipalities of: Sotenäs (in north-west), Munkedal (north) and Uddevalla (east). The town Lysekil is located on the southern tip of the municipality. It lays by the Kattegatt strait.

The bay to the east, marking the border to Uddevalla, is called Gullmarsfjorden, or Gullmaren. It is one of Sweden's most distinctive fjords: 25 kilometers long, between 1-3 wide, with a maximum depth of 118.5 meters. The depth at the mouth is only 20-40 meters on average, leading to a distinctive marine life in the fjord. Gullmaren is currently Sweden's only marine nature preservation area.

Some of the municipal islets are considered part of the Gothenburg archipelago. Many islets are like small communities by themselves, with interesting histories of trading, fishing and stone quarrying in addition to their scenic nature.

[edit] Things to do

In Lysekil, you can do quite a lot as a tourist in the summer. You can visit Havets Hus, the house of the ocean, which is an aquatic museum that has most of the different ocean animals and plants living around the coast.

If you are the beach type, you can go to Pinnevik, a nice local beach, which offers a good sand beach that is child friendly.

You can take a walk in Stångehuvud, a nature park located not far away from Pinnevik. On these rocks there grows an amazing amount of different plants. In the summer there is even a guide.

[edit] Towns

Lysekil 7,300
Brastad 1,800
Lyse 1,700
Brodalen 1,050
Fiskebäckskil 438

[edit] History

Due to its geographical location, the industry has always been dominated by fishing, which also shows on its coat of arms. Lysekil was mainly known as a bathing location in Sweden in the 19th century, due to its popular bathing house dating from 1847.