Sotenäs Municipality

municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden
Organization municipality_of_sweden Q501420
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Summary

Sotenäs Municipality is a municipality of Sweden[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of municipality of sweden entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (80 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Västra Götaland County[3]
  • Country: Sweden[4]
  • Head of government: Therése Mancini[5]
  • Capital: Kungshamn[6]
  • Shares border with: Munkedal Municipality[7], Tanum Municipality[8], Lysekil Municipality[9]
  • Main regulatory text: The Swedish Local Government Act[10]
  • Coat of arms: Герб комуни Сутенес[11]
  • Part of: Bohuslän[12], Uddevalla domkrets[13]
  • Commons category: Sotenäs Municipality[14]
  • Inception: January 1, 1974[15]
  • Official website: http://www.sotenas.se[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Sotenäs Municipality[17]
  • Email address: mailto:info@sotenas.se[18]
  • Population: 8931[19], 9085[20], 9097[21], 9073[22], 9074[23], 9115[24], 9069[25], 9030[26], 9038[27], 9086[28], 9056[29], 9061[30], 9066[31], 9123[32]
  • Employees: 875[33], 925[34]
  • Office held by head of government: chairman of the municipal board in Sotenäs Municipality, Sweden[35]
  • Phone number: +46-523-66-40-00[36]
  • Replaces: Smögens landskommun[37], Södra Sotenäs landskommun[38], Tossene landskommun[39]
  • Legal form: municipality of Sweden[40]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Sotenäs Municipality[41]
  • Short name: Sotenäs[42]

Why It Matters

Sotenäs Municipality has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . sotenas.tromanpublik.se. Retrieved . sotenas.tromanpublik.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . catalog.skl.se. Retrieved . catalog.skl.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Q41769039. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Q42887356. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Q49772875. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Q53325312. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Q56150720. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Q58480915. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2018 och befolkningsförändringar 1 oktober–31 december 2018. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Q64896681. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Q66651709. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Population in the nation, county and municipalities 30 Sep 2019 and population changes July 1-September 30 2019. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Q85680348. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Q95627064. wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Q98479304. wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . ekonomifakta.se. ekonomifakta.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Q57831450. Retrieved . ekonomifakta.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . catalog.skl.se. Retrieved . catalog.skl.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11h ago · ~2026-44098-23 · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Kungshamn from east.jpg
    Sitelink count → 40
    Wikipedia languages → ['be', 'bg', 'ceb', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', 'fo', 'fr',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: Kungshamn from east.jpg"
  2. 7w ago · Larske · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+8931'}, {'amount': '+9085'}, {'amount': '+9097'} +35
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48879|batch #48879]]: adding P1082 as of 2026Q2 for Swedish municipalities"
  3. 20w ago · LarskeBot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital → Kungshamn
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 58.366666666667, 'lon': 11.25}
    Part of → —
    Inception → +1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Population: 8,994, Adding P1082 for 2026-03-31"
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