Tjörn Municipality
Tjörn Municipality
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Municipal code 1419 | | |
| Website | www.tjorn.se | |
Tjörn Municipality (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.
The former municipal entities on the island and adjacent islets were united to form Tjörn Municipality in 1952.
For centuries the local economy was dominated by fishing and boat building. The largest employers are still the shipping company TransAtlantic (formerly known as B&N) and the shipyards Djupviks varv and Rönnängs varv.
Geography
Tjörn is connected in the east to the town of
Localities
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Tjörn Municipality's electoral districts in the
In total there were 16,293 residents, including 12,792 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 38.6% voted for the left coalition and 60.5% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
| Location | Residents | Citizen adults |
Left vote | Right vote | Employed | Swedish parents |
Foreign heritage |
Income SEK
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Degree |
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| Bleket-Klädesholmen | 1,251 | 1,049 | 34.2 | 64.8 | 80 | 92 | 8 | 29,420 | 46 |
| Höviksnäs-Hakenäset | 2,087 | 1,572 | 44.0 | 55.3 | 83 | 89 | 11 | 28,938 | 43 |
| Klövedal | 1,396 | 1,175 | 49.0 | 49.9 | 83 | 92 | 8 | 25,791 | 39 |
| Kållekärr | 1,323 | 962 | 42.2 | 57.3 | 85 | 82 | 18 | 26,023 | 33 |
| Myggenäs | 1,523 | 1,108 | 38.2 | 60.5 | 89 | 89 | 11 | 30,438 | 47 |
| Norra Skärhamn | 1,654 | 1,316 | 36.0 | 63.0 | 80 | 85 | 15 | 26,373 | 41 |
| Rönnäng | 1,989 | 1,545 | 31.2 | 67.9 | 85 | 90 | 10 | 27,048 | 37 |
| Stenkyrka | 1,445 | 1,113 | 39.8 | 59.3 | 86 | 90 | 10 | 28,191 | 35 |
| Södra Skärhamn | 1,938 | 1,598 | 30.9 | 68.6 | 84 | 90 | 10 | 28,964 | 42 |
| Valla | 1,687 | 1,354 | 43.6 | 55.5 | 87 | 88 | 12 | 29,029 | 41 |
| Source: SVT[3] | |||||||||
Tourism
During the summer, the population swells from 10,000 to 20,000 to 30,000 as vacationers arrive for
See also
- Tjörn Hundred
References
- ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
- ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
- ^ SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
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