- Tanum Municipality
Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Tanums kommun
county=Västra Götaland County
province=Bohuslän
capital=Tanumshede
arearank=124th
area=961.21
arealand=923.58
populationrank=182nd
population=12,253
densityrank=211th
populationdensity=13.3
website=http://www.tanum.se/
footnotes=Area & population from SCB as of December 31, 2006Tanum Municipality ("Tanums kommun") is a municipality in
Västra Götaland County in westernSweden . Its seat is located in the town ofTanumshede , with 1,600 inhabitants.The present municipality was formed in
1971 through the amalgamation of three former units. Before the subdivision reform of1952 there were seven entities in the area.ights
The
rock carving s at Tanum have been declared a UNESCOWorld Heritage Site . The heritage area is located around the seat ofTanumshede , covering an area of 18 km2.Most carvings show men, and ships. Several show animals such as
reindeer . A few showagriculture .Tanum Municipality has made its rock carving the subject of its
coat of arms .Tanum is one of the first municipalities to require urine-separation toilets to help combat the looming global shortage of
phosphorus . Urine is the most concentrated source of phosphorus according to Associate Professor Cynthia Mitchell, of the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS).Towns
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Fjällbacka
*Hamburgsund
*Tanumshede
*Grebbestad
*Rabbalshede External links
* [http://www.tanum.se Tanum Municipality] - Official site
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