Tomelilla Municipality
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Tomelilla Municipality
Tomelilla kommun | |
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| Tomelilla City Hall Tomelilla City Hall | |
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| Coordinates: 55°33′N 13°57′E / 55.550°N 13.950°ECoordinates: 55°33′N 13°57′E / 55.550°N 13.950°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Skåne County |
| Seat | Tomelilla |
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| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Scania |
| Municipal code | 1270 |
| Website | www.tomelilla.se |
Tomelilla Municipality (Template:Langx) 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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]There were seven localities in the municipality in 2018.[1]
| Locality | Population |
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| Tomelilla | 7,139 |
| Brösarp | 734 |
| Onslunda | 499 |
| Smedstorp | 377 |
| Lunnarp | 345 |
| Skåne-Tranås | 226 |
| Spjutstorp | 200 |
Demographics
[edit | edit source]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.[2]
In total there were 13,696 inhabitants, including 10,419 Swedish citizens of voting age.[2] 36.5% voted for the left coalition and 62.2% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
| Location | Residents | Citizen adults | Left vote | Right vote | Employed | Swedish parents | Foreign heritage | Income SEK | Degree |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | ||||||||
| Brösarp | 1,887 | 1,624 | 44.6 | 53.5 | 82 | 90 | 10 | 21,929 | 41 |
| Onslunda | 2,169 | 1,634 | 32.0 | 66.9 | 81 | 88 | 12 | 23,298 | 27 |
| Smedstorp | 1,684 | 1,311 | 33.9 | 64.8 | 81 | 88 | 12 | 25,433 | 27 |
| Tomelilla S | 2,206 | 1,609 | 35.8 | 63.2 | 80 | 83 | 17 | 23,041 | 27 |
| Tomelilla SV | 1,877 | 1,364 | 40.7 | 57.8 | 72 | 76 | 24 | 20,379 | 21 |
| Tomelilla V-Tryde | 1,985 | 1,502 | 33.8 | 65.7 | 82 | 84 | 16 | 24,522 | 26 |
| Tomelilla Ö | 1,888 | 1,375 | 35.3 | 63.4 | 72 | 75 | 25 | 20,707 | 21 |
| Source: SVT[2] | |||||||||
Notability
[edit | edit source]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:
- Hans Alfredson (director/actor)
- Gösta Ekman (actor)
- Ulf Lundell (singer)
- Gudrun Schyman (politician)
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.[3][4]
Its coat of arms is from 2002. It depicts the bird kite, native to the area, in silver on a red shield.
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ "Folkmängd per tätort efter region och vart 5:e år" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Valresultat 2022 för Tomelilla i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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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