Uddevalla is a town and the seat of Uddevalla Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. In 2010, it had a population of 31,212.
It is located at a bay of the south-eastern part of Skagerrak. The beaches of Uddevalla are filled with seashells and Uddevalla has one of the largest shell–banks in the world.
Uddevalla has a port and it once had a large shipyard, the Uddevallavarvet (“Uddevalla wharf”), which was the largest employer in Bohuslän during the 1960s. The 1970s recession, that affected the Swedish shipyard industry severely, led to the closing of the wharf in 1985.
Education
All the high schools in Uddevalla are administered as one school, the Uddevalla Gymnasieskola (“Uddevalla High School”), which is now the largest high school in Sweden. The school has 4,000 students attending the following branches of the high school:
- Agneberg – Social studies
- Sinclair (High school) – The arts and Media studies
- Östrabo 1 – Science studies
- Östrabo Y – Heavy industry schooling
- Margretegärde – Social studies and Science studies
There are also many primary schools in Uddevalla, some of them are:
- Äsperödskolan
- Västerskolan
- Fridaskolan
- Ramnerödsskolan
- Norgårdenskolan
- Norrskolan
- Sommarhemsskolan
