Marstrand
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| Country | Sweden |
| Municipality | Kungälv Municipality |
| County | Västra Götaland County |
| Province | Bohuslän |
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| - Total | 0.88 km² (0.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2005-12-31)[1] | |
| - Total | 1,432 |
| - Density | 1,625/km² (4,208.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Marstrand is a seaside town in Kungälv Municipality, Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. It has held city privileges since 1200. The most striking feature about Marstrand is the 17th century fortress Carlsten, named after King Carl X Gustav of Sweden.
During the last quarter of the 17th century Marstrand had the free port status, granted by the King Gustav III. Marstrand is a popular sailing resort in summer time. It is also the venue of the annual Swedish Match Cup, a match race sailing competition.
Administratively Marstrand and its immediately surrounding islands constituted a city municipality of its own up until the local government reform in 1971, when it was merged into Kungälv Municipality.
Marstrand is, despite its small population, for historical reasons often still referred to as a city. Statistics Sweden, however, only counts localities with more than 10,000 inhabitants as cities.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2000 och 2005 (xls) (Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved on 2008-05-15.
[edit] External links
- Marstrand - From Kungälv Municipality official page
- (Swedish) article Marstrand from Nordisk Familjebok (1912)
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Marstrand is one of 134 towns with the historical City status in Sweden. |
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