Hamburgsund
Sign in to saveHamburgsund (lit. Hamburg strait)is a locality situated in Tanum Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 818 inhabitants in 2010. Despite its name, Hamburgsund is not known for hamburgers nor does it have any connection to the city of Hamburg. The name comes from the nearby island of Hamburgö (lit. 'Hamburg isle'), which also has no connection to neither Hamburg or hamburgers. It's speculated that the name evovled from "Hornbora", meaning 'the horned one'.
Key facts
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
- Settlement.official_name
- Hamburgsund
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Hamburgsund sundet.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Sweden Västra Götaland#Sweden
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Sweden
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Tanum Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Västra Götaland County
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Bohuslän
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1.01
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 31 December 2010
- Settlement.population_total
- 818
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 808
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
- Settlement.timezone_DST
- CEST
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- Instance of
- urban area in Sweden
- Official name
- Hamburgsund
- Country
- Sweden
- Located in
- Tanum Municipality
- Population
- 696
- Area
- 144
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Image
- Hamburgsund sundet.jpg
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Hamburgsund (lit. Hamburg strait)is a locality situated in Tanum Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 818 inhabitants in 2010. Despite its name, Hamburgsund is not known for hamburgers nor does it have any connection to the city of Hamburg. The name comes from the nearby island of Hamburgö (lit. 'Hamburg isle'), which also has no connection to neither Hamburg or hamburgers. It's speculated that the name evovled from "Hornbora", meaning 'the horned one'.
== References ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hamburgsund” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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