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
[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 2021)[2]
 • Total13,712
 • Density35/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
Skåne-Tranås226
Spjutstorp 200

Demographics

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]

Residents include everyone registered as living in the district, regardless of age or citizenship status. Valid voters indicate Swedish citizens above the age of 18 who therefore can vote in general elections. Left vote and right vote indicate the result between the two major blocs in said district in the 2022 general election. Employment indicates the share of people between the ages of 20 and 64 who are working taxpayers. Foreign background is defined as residents either born abroad or with two parents born outside of Sweden. Median income is the received monthly income through either employment, capital gains or social grants for the median adult above 20, also including pensioners in Swedish kronor. The section about college graduates indicates any degree accumulated after high school.

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.

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 2021" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Folkmängd per tätort efter region och vart 5:e år" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  4. 1 2 3 "Valresultat 2022 för Tomelilla i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
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