Tanum Municipality (; ) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in southwestern Sweden. Its seat is the town of Tanumshede, with 1,600 inhabitants.
The present municipality was formed in 1971 through the amalgamation of three former units. Before the subdivision reform of 1952, there were seven entities in the area.
Etymology
The parish is named after the old farm Tanum (Norse Túnheimr), since the first church was built there. The first element is tún 'country courtyard', the last element is heimr 'homestead, farm'.
Localities
- Grebbestad
- Fjällbacka
- Hamburgsund
- Kämpersvik
- Rabbalshede
- Tanumshede
- Bullaren
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Tanum Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.
In total there were 12,959 residents, including 10,274 Swedish citizens of voting age.