Tomelilla Municipality

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Tomelilla Municipality
Tomelilla kommun
Municipality
Tomelilla City Hall
Tomelilla City Hall
Coat of arms of Tomelilla Municipality
Coat of arms
Tomelilla Municipality in Scania County.png
Coordinates: 55°33′N 13°57′E / 55.550°N 13.950°E / 55.550; 13.950Coordinates: 55°33′N 13°57′E / 55.550°N 13.950°E / 55.550; 13.950
CountrySweden
CountySkåne County
SeatTomelilla
Area
[1]
 • Total397.39 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 2019)[2]
 • Total13,617
 • 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[]

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[]

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

Locality Population
Tomelilla 7,139
Brösarp 734
Onslunda 499
Smedstorp 377
Lunnarp 345
226
200

Notability[]

Tomelilla Municipality was made famous by Tage Danielsson (1928–1985) and Hans Alfredsson (1931-), 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.

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

References[]

  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 i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2019" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  3. ^ "Folkmängd per tätort efter region och vart 5:e år" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2019-08-07.

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