Herrestad is a former

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situated in

Uddevalla Municipality Uddevalla Municipality () is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Uddevalla. The present municipality was created in 1971 when the ''City of Uddevalla'' (which had absorbed the rural mun ...

Västra Götaland County Västra Götaland County () is a county or '' län'' on the western coast of Sweden. The county is the second most populous of Sweden's counties and it comprises 49 municipalities (''kommuner''). Its population of 1,616,000 amounts to 17% of S ...

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that became a

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Uddevalla Uddevalla is a Stad (Sweden), town in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It’s the seat of Uddevalla Municipality. In 2015, it had a population of 34,781, making it the largest town fully in Bohuslän. Uddevalla is located where the river Bäveån ...

in 2015. It had 3 267 inhabitants in 2022. Herrestad is located 5 kilometers west of central Uddevalla, with Byfjorden to the south and Herrestadsfjället to the north. Torp Köpcentrum is located right next to Herrestad. The neighbourhood’s church, Herrestads Kyrka, stands halfway up a hill. It was originally built in the 12:th century, but had some drastic changes made in 1849. The church’s white tower is a major

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in the area. Herrestad

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is located to the west of Herrestad, right next to the

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. Here, a total of 110 graves have been found. Most of these are from the

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and viking ages, while a few are from the

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Neighbourhoods

Since Herrestad was previously a separate locality from Uddevalla, it had its own neighbourhoods. Now that Herrestad itself is a neighbourhood, these are now technically neighbourhoods inside neighbourhoods. * Fröland * Kissleberg * Källdal * Misteröd * Sunningen

Transportation

Major Roads

* The

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44 runs through northern Herrestad, connecting the neighbourhood with central Uddevalla, as well as

Trollhättan Trollhättan () is the 23rd-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Trollhättan Municipality, Västra Götaland County. It is situated by Göta älv, near the lake Vänern, and has a population of approximately 50,000 in the city proper. It is loc ...

and Götene. * The

has two intersections just outside Herrestad at Torp Köpcentrum. * The

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161 starts at Torp Köpcentrum and ends in

Lysekil Lysekil () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Lysekil Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had about 7,600 inhabitants in 2018. Situated on the south tip of Stångenäs peninsula at the mouth of Gullmarn fjord, it ...

Bus

There are many bus lines running on road 44 as it is the fastest route between central Uddevalla and Torp Köpcentrum. Most of these lines stop at multiple stops in Herrestad, allowing for quick transfer to central Uddevalla. City bus lines 2, 4 and 6 stop at various stops in Herrestad, allowing for direct connection from the neighbourhood to Torp Köpcentrum, Uddevalla Central Station, Kampenhof Resecentrum, Uddevalla Hospital and Uddevalla Gymnasieskola. Herrestad also has direct connection to

Kungshamn Kungshamn (''King's Landing'') is a locality and the seat of Sotenäs Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 3071 citizens (in 2011).

Smögen Smögen () is a locality in Sotenäs Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 1,329 inhabitants in 2010. It is one of the liveliest "summer towns" of the Swedish west coast. The community actually straddled several islands that lay so ...

Orust Orust () is an island in Bohuslän, western Sweden. In 2014 Statistics Sweden declared it to ibe the fourth largest island in Sweden, under a definition which adds artificial canals to the possible bodies of water surrounding an island. It has bee ...

, Tjörn and Stenungsund as well as multiple localities along the E6 between Uddevalla and

Strömstad Strömstad is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Strömstad Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 6,288 inhabitants in 2010. For historical reasons, Strömstad is called a Stad (Sweden), ''city'' despite its small popu ...

References

Populated places in Uddevalla Municipality {{VästraGötaland-geo-stub