Editing Lysekil Municipality

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'''Lysekil Municipality''' ({{langx|sv|Lysekils kommun}}) is a [[municipalities of Sweden|municipality]] in [[Västra Götaland County]] in western [[Sweden]]. Its seat is located in the [[stad (Sweden)|city]] of [[Lysekil]].

The present municipality was formed in 1971, when the ''City of Lysekil'' (instituted as such in 1903) was amalgamated with Stångenäs and the [[island]] of Skaftö.

==Geography==
[[Image:Båtar i Slävik.JPG|thumb|left|Slävik, Härnäset.]]
Lysekil Municipality borders to the municipalities of [[Sotenäs Municipality|Sotenäs]] (in the north-west), [[Munkedal Municipality|Munkedal]] (north) and [[Uddevalla Municipality|Uddevalla]] (east). The [[stad (Sweden)|city]] of [[Lysekil]] is located on the southern tip of the municipality, by the [[Kattegatt]] [[strait]].

The bay to the east, marking the border to Uddevalla, is called [[Gullmarsfjorden]], or Gullmarn. It is [[Sweden]]'s only true [[fjord]]. It is 25&nbsp;km long, between 1–3&nbsp;km wide, with a maximum depth of 118.5 meters. The depth at the mouth is only 20–40 meters on average, leading to a distinctive [[marine (ocean)|marine]] life in the fjord. Gullmaren is currently Sweden's only marine nature preservation area, and is home to several marine research institutes due to it being an easily studied [[microclimate]].

Some of the municipal islets are considered part of the [[Gothenburg archipelago]]. Many islets are like small communities by themselves, with interesting histories of trading, [[fishing]] and [[quarry|stone quarrying]] in addition to their scenic nature.

===Localities===
*[[Lysekil]] (seat), 7,300 inhabitants
*[[Brastad]], 1,800
*[[Lyse, Sweden|Lyse]], 1,700
*[[Brodalen]], 1,050
*[[Grundsund]], 627
*[[Fiskebäckskil]], 438
*[[Rixö]], 357

==History==
In Lysekil, humans have long left a mark on water, wood, soil, and stone.

[[Image:Lysekil postcard cirka 1900.jpg|thumb|right|Postcard from [[Fiskebäckskil]] around 1900.]]
With protected harbor surrounded by water and jutting out toward the fisheries of Kattegatt, The North Sea, and beyond, Lysekil has deep ties to the [[fishing]] and canning industry.  Mirrored fish on the current municipal [[coat of arms]] and a jumping dolphin on that of 1895 show the absolute dominance of the sea on the area. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Lysekil - Kommunvapen - Coat of arms - crest of Lysekil|url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Lysekil|access-date=2021-04-02|website=www.heraldry-wiki.com|language=en}}</ref>

To many outsiders, especially those coming from Stockholm and the East coast whose ocean access was only the salty waters of the Baltic Sea, The granite beach and sweet water of Gullmarsfjorden made [[Lysekil]] a famous bathing location in 19th century.  Kallbadhuset (the cold bathing house), a somewhat exclusive, and very popular wooden bathing house dating from 1847 still stands in operation. Local rumor has it that once upon a time the King of Sweden would visit the Lysekil bathing house and specifically ask that the commoners of the town be allowed enter the wooden walls of Kallbadhuset because he 'liked' the everyday people of Lysekil (whom otherwise were not welcome inside the Bathing house compound.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lysekil Kallbadhus - History|url=http://www.lysekilkallbadhus.se/en/history|access-date=2021-04-02|website=www.lysekilkallbadhus.se}}</ref>

Traditionally fishing, sailing, farming, stone-cutting, and forestry formed the largest chunk of the local economy and continue today; however, petroleum products refining (Preemraff in Lyse,) light industry (Husqvarna in Brastad,) and local and international [[tourism]] (especially during the summertime,) all form a large part in the economy of the municipality.

==Herring fishing==
Herring fishing has played a big role in the history of Lysekil. For some reason the herring always returned close to the coastline in [[Bohuslän]] for longer periods of time and therefore made it easier for large amounts of fish to be caught. Herring fishing was popular already during the Middle Ages but most known is the periods of 1556-1589, 1747-1809 and 1877-1906. During these years, sales of salted herring resulted in hundreds of thousands of exports all over the world.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Lysekil municipality|date=2016-05-14|title=Sillfisket|url=https://www.lysekil.se/uppleva-och-gora/kultur/kulturhistoria-och-kulturarv/sillfisket.html}}</ref>

In Lysekil there are traces of old herring fisheries in several places, most of them on Härnäset, stora skeppsholmen and Saltö, as well as several factory buildings left where the herring was prepared and packaged.<ref name=":0" />

==Listed buildings==
The municipality of Lysekil has three listed buildings. A listed building ([[Listed buildings in Sweden|byggnadsminne]]) is a building that is legally protected and preserved because of its cultural and historical significance. The county administrative board ([[County administrative boards of Sweden|Länsstyrelsen]]) and the Swedish national heritage board ([[Swedish National Heritage Board|Riksantikvarieämbetet]]) decides which buildings become listed buildings.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Lysekils municipality|date=2018-09-26|title=Byggnadsminnen|url=https://www.lysekil.se/uppleva-och-gora/kultur/kulturhistoria-och-kulturarv/byggnadsminnen.html}}</ref> The three buildings are:

* Curmanska villorna <ref>{{Cite web|last=Swedish national heritage board|title=Lysekil kn, KYRKVIK 3:1 CURMANSKA VILLORNANy sökning|url=http://www.bebyggelseregistret.raa.se/bbr2/anlaggning/visaHistorik.raa?anlaggningId=21300000013181&page=historik&visaHistorik=true}}</ref>
* Wilhelmsons villa <ref>{{Cite web|last=Swedish national heritage board|title=LYSEKIL SKAFTÖ-FISKEBÄCK 1:124 - husnr 1, WILHELMSONS VILLA|url=http://www.bebyggelseregistret.raa.se/bbr2/byggnad/visaHistorik.raa?byggnadId=21400000644630&page=historik&visaHistorik=true}}</ref>
* Härnäsets folkets hus <ref>{{Cite web|last=Swedish national heritage board|title=Lysekil kn, SVEE 1:10 HÄRNÄSETS FOLKETS HUSNy sökning|url=http://www.bebyggelseregistret.raa.se/bbr2/anlaggning/visaHistorik.raa?anlaggningId=21300000013085&page=historik&visaHistorik=true}}</ref>

Other buildings and areas of cultural and historical heritage in Lysekil are protected through detailed development plans under control of the municipality. Some of those places can for example be found in the old town area (Gamlestan), [[Fiskebäckskil]] and Östersidan.<ref name=":1" />

==Demographics==
This is a demographic table based on Lysekil Municipality's electoral districts in the [[2022 Swedish general election]] sourced from [[Swedish Television|SVT]]'s election platform, in turn taken from [[Statistiska Centralbyrån|SCB]] official statistics.<ref name=LysekilVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-1484-lysekil.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Lysekil i riksdagsvalet|publisher=[[Swedish Television|SVT]]|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|accessdate=27 December 2023}}</ref>

In total there were 14,245 residents, including 11,346 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=LysekilVal2022/> 47.5% voted for the left coalition and 51.1% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

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! rowspan="3" |Location
! {{tooltip|2=Number of residents in district, regardless of age or citizenship status|Residents}}
! {{tooltip|2=Swedish citizens above the age of 18, automatically eligible to vote|Citizen {{br}} adults}}
! {{tooltip|2=Social Democrats, Left Party, Centre Party, Green Party, %|Left vote}}
! {{tooltip|2=Sweden Democrats, Moderates, Christian Democrats, Liberals, %|Right vote}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the share of people between the ages of 20 and 64 who are working taxpayers, %|Employed}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born in Sweden with at least one Swedish-born parent, %|Swedish {{br}} parents}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born abroad or in Sweden with two foreign-born parents, %|Foreign {{br}} heritage}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the median income received monthly income through either employment, capital gains or social grants for the median adult above 20, also including pensioners in Swedish kronor|Income {{br}} [[Swedish kronor|SEK]]}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as any degree accumulated after high school, %|Degree}}
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! style="background:{{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |
! style="background:{{party color|Moderate Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |
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! data-sort-type="number" | %
! data-sort-type="number" | %
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|-
| align="left" |Brastad V
| 1,361
| 1,084
| 45.6
| 52.9
| 75
| 87
| 13
| 23,155
| 23
|-
| align="left" |Brastad Ö
| 1,396
| 1,080
| 46.9
| 52.5
| 86
| 90
| 10
| 25,603
| 26
|-
| align="left" |Bro
| 1,271
| 1,017
| 48.0
| 49.8
| 89
| 91
| 9
| 26,643
| 35
|-
| align="left" |Lyse
| 1,100
| 877
| 44.8
| 53.5
| 85
| 93
| 7
| 29,051
| 40
|-
| align="left" |Lysekil Bansvik
| 1,400
| 851
| 54.9
| 42.3
| 55
| 47
| 53
| 16,841
| 25
|-
| align="left" |Lysekil C
| 1,480
| 1,226
| 54.5
| 44.8
| 77
| 77
| 23
| 22,151
| 31
|-
| align="left" |Lysekil Dalskogen
| 1,785
| 1,378
| 49.9
| 48.4
| 76
| 82
| 18
| 23,914
| 29
|-
| align="left" |Lysekil Kyrkvik
| 1,439
| 1,286
| 47.9
| 51.4
| 76
| 87
| 13
| 22,913
| 40
|-
| align="left" |Lysekil Slätten
| 1,590
| 1,256
| 48.2
| 50.4
| 87
| 90
| 10
| 30,112
| 44
|-
| align="left" |Skaftö
| 1,423
| 1,291
| 38.1
| 60.9
| 81
| 94
| 6
| 27,080
| 53
|-
| colspan="10" align="left" |Source: [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]<ref name=LysekilVal2022/>
|}

==Government and politics==
Distribution of the 31 seats in the municipal council after the 2018 election:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Valresultat, mandatfördelning - Lysekils kommun|url=https://www.lysekil.se/kommun-och-politik/politik-och-demokrati/valresultat-mandatfordelning.html|access-date=2020-12-03|website=www.lysekil.se|language=sv}}</ref>

*[[Swedish Social Democratic Party|Social Democratic Party]]   8
*Lysekilspartiet   7  
*[[Sweden Democrats]]   4
*[[Moderate Party]]   3
*[[Liberal People's Party (Sweden)|Liberal People's Party]]   2
*[[Communist Party (Sweden)|Communist Party]]   2
*[[Centre Party (Sweden)|Centre Party]]   2
*[[Left Party (Sweden)|Left Party]]   2
*[[Green Party (Sweden)|Green Party]]   1

==References==
*Official page
*Articles Lysekil and [[:sv:Gullmarsfjorden]] on Swedish Wikipedia
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://www.lysekil.se Lysekil Municipality] - Official site
*{{in lang|sv}} [https://runeberg.org/nfbq/0061.html Article Lysekil] - From [[Nordisk Familjebok]] (1903)

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Lysekil
 | NE = [[Munkedal Municipality|Munkedal]]
 | E  = ''[[Gullmarn]]'' / [[Uddevalla Municipality|Uddevalla]]
 | S  = ''Ellöse Fjord''<br/>[[Orust Municipality|Orust]]
 | W  = ''[[Skagerrak]]''
 | NW = [[Sotenäs Municipality|Sotenäs]]
}}
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{{Localities in Lysekil Municipality}}

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