Grebbestad

Locality in Bohuslän, Sweden

58°42′N 11°15′E / 58.700°N 11.250°E / 58.700; 11.250CountrySwedenProvinceBohuslänCountyVästra Götaland CountyMunicipalityTanum MunicipalityArea

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• Total1.20 km² (0.46 sq mi)Population

(31 December 2010)^[1]

• Total1,401 • Density1,164/km² (3,010/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Grebbestad (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɡrɛ̂bːɛsta(d)])^[2] is a locality situated in Tanum Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. As of 2010, there were 1,401 inhabitants,^[1] though this number can increase by as much as ten-fold during the summer.^{[verification needed]} The town is also the harbour where the majority of Norway lobster (in Swedish havskräfta) are landed, as well as oysters.^{[citation needed]}

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Grebbestad:

Grebbestads IF

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km² 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
^ Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 9.