Tjörn Municipality
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municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden
Key facts
- Country
- Sweden
- County
- Västra Götaland County
- Seat
- Skärhamn
- Total
- 845.94 km (326.62 sq mi)
- Land
- 167.36 km (64.62 sq mi)
- Water
- 678.58 km (262.00 sq mi)
- Density
- 96.068/km (248.82/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Iso 3166 code
- SE
- Province
- Bohuslän
- Website
- www.tjorn.se
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Sweden
- Country
- Sweden
- Located in
- Gothenburg and Bohus County
- Capital
- Skärhamn
- Population
- 16003
- Area
- 675.28
- Shares border with
- Kungälv Municipality
- Employees
- 1375
- Legal form
- municipality of Sweden
- Official website
- tjorn.se
- Image
- Skärhamn Smiling Church.JPG
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- Commons category
- Tjörn Municipality
- topic's main category
- Category:Tjörn Municipality
- short name
- Tjörn
- different from
- Tjörn
- inception
- 1971-01-01
- catchphrase
- Möjligheternas ö / Bästkusten
- phone number
- +46-304-601000
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- freedom of information requests URL
- handlingar.se/en/new/tjorn_municipality
- native label
- Tjörns kommun
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Encyclopedic overview
Tjörn Municipality (Swedish: Tjörns kommun) is a municipality that covers the island of Tjörn in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Skärhamn.
Tjörn is the sixth largest Swedish island. It is located in the province of Bohuslän.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tjörn Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.