Stenungsund

Stenungsund is a locality and the seat of Stenungsund Municipality, Vastra Götaland County, Sweden with 9,987 populations in 2010. Stenungsund become once best an idyllic bathing and holiday place at the Swedish west coast.

A landmark is the Tjorn Bridge, a bridge to the island Tjörn. Stenungsund is likewise domestic to several industries and enterprise, with a complete of 2000 registered companies. The annual lengthy-distance sailing competition Tjorn Runt begins in Stenungsund. Archaeological excavations in Stenungsund in 2006 located a domain of Iron Age burials, remarkable for the uncommon presence of Roman ceramic artifacts. Stenungsund holds the largest chemical cluster of its type in Sweden, producing plastic in primary paperwork and basic chemicals. The name Stenungsund comes from the village stenunge that was located in which relevant stenungsund now exists. Historians agree with the name meant "the village at the foot of the mountain." The village had several names such as Staenungum, Steffningsbyn and finally Stannung.