Hälleviksstrand Explained

Official Name:Hälleviksstrand
Pushpin Map:Sweden Västra Götaland#Sweden
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Sweden
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Orust Municipality
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Västra Götaland County
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Bohuslän
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:0.36
Population As Of:31 December 2010
Population Total:214
Population Density Km2:601
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:58.1333°N 38°W

Hälleviksstrand is a locality situated in Orust Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 214 inhabitants in 2010.

Hälleviksstrand is often locally called Strana and is a fishing town. 2015 Hälleviksstrand had a population of less than 200 inhabitants.

History

It's unknown when Hälleviksstrand was founded, the first written sources of it were found in 1617. Fishermen set up camps along its coast and started constructing lodgings from there. During the 1700s and the herring period many farmers from the hinterland of Orust started to move to the coast and to Hälleviksstrand to fish for herring. At the end of the 1800's the town grew with a new hot bathhouse and a boarding house. Soon the mountain behind the coast was also being built on. In the beginning of the 1900's a shipyard was constructed and Hälleviksstrand was flourishing.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010 . 14 December 2011 . . Swedish . https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls . 27 January 2012 . live . 10 January 2012 .