Editing Öckerö Municipality (section)

==Geography==
[[Image:Halso island.jpg|thumb|right|Hälsö island]]
The municipality consists of ten year-round inhabited islands. They are considered to stretch from the [[Vinga Lighthouse]] up to the coastal town of [[Marstrand]] in the municipality of [[Kungälv Municipality|Kungälv]]. The ten islands are named:
#[[Björkö, Öckerö|Björkö]]
#[[Fotö]]
#[[Grötö]]
#[[Hyppeln]]
#[[Hälsö]]
#[[Hönö]]
#[[Kalvsund]]
#[[Källö-Knippla]]
#[[Rörö]]
#[[Öckerö]]

N.B. that "ö" means "island" in [[Swedish language|Swedish]], hence there are many names ending with "ö". E.g. ''Björkö'' means "Birch Island".

Of these, Hönö is the largest with some 4,800 inhabitants, and Öckerö is also fairly large with 3,100. However, all ten are inhabited by people all year around. Most islands have bridge connection between each other. However, there is no road connection to the mainland, just car [[ferry|ferries]] from western [[Gothenburg]]. The ferry connections are good with a dense schedule. A local referendum in 2003 in Öckerö Municipality rejected the plans for a future bridge to the mainland.