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Ljungskile () is a locality in Uddevalla Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It is located approximately 15 kilometers south of Uddevalla, at the coast of Ljungskileviken and at the base of Bredfjället. It had 4 026 inhabitants in 2023.

Key facts

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Ljungskile
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E6 motorväg Ljungskile 01.jpg
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Ljungskile in Summer 1995
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Sweden Västra Götaland#Sweden
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Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Sweden
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Municipality
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Uddevalla Municipality
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County
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Västra Götaland County
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Province
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Bohuslän
Settlement.area_total_km2
3.60
Settlement.population_as_of
31 December 2010
Settlement.population_total
3,375
Settlement.population_density_km2
937
Settlement.timezone
CET
Settlement.utc_offset
+1

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Official name
Ljungskile
Country
Sweden
Population
4026
Area
422
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Image
E6 motorväg Ljungskile 01.jpg
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Ljungskile
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Ljungskile () is a locality in Uddevalla Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It is located approximately 15 kilometers south of Uddevalla, at the coast of Ljungskileviken and at the base of Bredfjället. It had 4 026 inhabitants in 2023.

The locality is home to Lyckorna, the youngest seaside resort in Sweden. It was founded in 1877 by Robert Macfie, a Scottish immigrant. It is also home to Ljungskile Folkhögskola, one of the biggest Folk High Schools in Sweden.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ljungskile” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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