Tanumshede

Tanumshede
Tanumshede
	Tanum Chuch in August 2015
	Tanumshede
	Coordinates: 58°43′25″N 11°19′25″E
Country	Sweden
Province	Bohuslän
County	Västra Götaland County
Municipality	Tanum Municipality
Area [1]
• Total	1.87 km2 (0.72 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2010)[1]
• Total	1,697
• Density	905/km2 (2,340/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Tanumshede is an urban area in the county of Västra Götaland in Sweden. It is the seat of Tanum Municipality.

The Rock Carvings in Tanum are a collection of petroglyphs near Tanumshede. They were declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1994.[2] In total there are thousands of images on about 600 panels.

References

"Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km² 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
"Rock Carvings in Tanum". UNESCO. Retrieved 7 May 2017.

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[scb-1] "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km² 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.

[2] "Rock Carvings in Tanum". UNESCO. Retrieved 7 May 2017.