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Tomelilla Municipality

Coordinates: 55°33′N 13°57′E / 55.550°N 13.950°E / 55.550; 13.950
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Tomelilla Municipality
Tomelilla kommun
Municipality
Tomelilla City Hall
Tomelilla City Hall
Coat of arms of Tomelilla Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 55°33′N 13°57′E / 55.550°N 13.950°E / 55.550; 13.950
CountrySweden
CountySkåne County
SeatTomelilla
Area
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 • Total
397.39 km2 (153.43 sq mi)
 • Land395.94 km2 (152.87 sq mi)
 • Water1.45 km2 (0.56 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2023)[2]
 • Total
13,660
 • Density34/km2 (89/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceScania
Municipal code1270
Websitewww.tomelilla.se

Tomelilla Municipality (Tomelilla kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Tomelilla.

The municipality was formed through a series of amalgamations taking place in 1952, 1969 and 1971. The number of pre-1952 units making up the present municipality is twenty.

Geography

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Tomelilla Municipality is located in the south-eastern plains of Scania known as Österlen, which is an area notable for its beauty, and thus popular among painters as well as covered with summer cottages, country mansions, and so on.

Localities

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There were seven localities in the municipality in 2018.[3]

Locality Population
Tomelilla 7,139
Brösarp 734
Onslunda 499
Smedstorp 377
Lunnarp 345
Skåne-Tranås226
Spjutstorp 200

Demographics

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This is a demographic table based on Tomelilla Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[4]

In total there were 13,696 inhabitants, including 10,419 Swedish citizens of voting age.[4] 36.5% voted for the left coalition and 62.2% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Notability

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Tomelilla Municipality was made famous by comedy duo Tage Danielsson (1928–1985) and Hans Alfredson (1931–2017), who directed and acted in numerous movies that were filmed in and around the town of Tomelilla:

  • The Apple War (1972)
  • Ägget är löst (1975)
  • Picassos äventyr (1978)
  • Den enfaldige mördaren (1982)
  • P&B (1983)
  • Jim & piraterna Blom (1986)

The following notable people live in Tomelilla:

Tomelilla Municipality is known for the amusement park Tosselilla Summer Park, possibly the most visited amusement park in the province, and the Hallamölla waterfall. Kåseholm Manor is located in Tomelilla Municipality.[5][6]

Its coat of arms is from 2002. It depicts the bird kite, native to the area, in silver on a red shield.

References

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  1. ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  3. ^ "Folkmängd per tätort efter region och vart 5:e år" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  4. ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Tomelilla i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  5. ^ Popova, Susanna (2023-06-03). "Sommarens bästa slott – hela listan". Fokus (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2024-07-12. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  6. ^ Wangel, Ulrika (2013-01-22). "Kåseholm fick sin slottsskylt". Ystads Allehanda (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2024-07-12. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
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