Strömstad Municipality

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Strömstads kommun
County Västra Götaland County
Province Bohuslän
Seat Strömstad
Area
 • Total area
 • Land area
187th of 290
481.85 km²
471.54 km²
Population
 • Total
190th of 290
11,569 inhabitants
Density
 • Total
155th of 290
24.5 inhabitants/km²
Website http://www.stromstad.se/
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.

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

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