Sotenäs Municipality
Sotenäs is a municipality (in Swedish kommun ) in the Swedish province of Västra Götaland County and the historic province of Bohuslän. The main town of the municipality is Kungshamn.
Economy
Traditionally, the fish processing industry is based in the region and processed herring. For example, there is still a canning factory of the company Abba Seafood in Kungshamn. In the 20th century, first the stone industry developed into a major industry, but she lost since 1930 in importance again. ( - Ore, rock, mineral schwed. malm ( unidentified ) ) From this industry to, inter alia, the name of Bohus - Malmön derives.
Today, the region is inundated with tourists in the summer especially. Then the population of the settlements multiply due to the many summer guests arriving both by car and by boat.
Policy
Coat of arms
Blazon: "In silver with a blue board diagonally left fallen blue fluke. "
Attractions
In the town there are numerous sites of historical importance. These are mainly rock carvings and grave mound.
Smögen is a popular destination for tourists. The place is on an island and can be reached via a bridge of Kungshamn. At the port there is an approximately one -kilometer long wooden footbridge ( schwed. " brygga "). Here are lined up on the shore side restaurants, fishmongers and souvenir dealers and on the lake side, the Skagerrak, the boats together.
Larger towns
- Bohus - Malmön
- Bovallstrand
- Hovenäset
- Hunnebostrand
- Kungshamn
- Smögen
- Väjern