Tomelilla Municipality Tomelilla kommun | |
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 Tomelilla City Hall | |
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| Coordinates:55°33′N13°57′E / 55.550°N 13.950°E /55.550; 13.950 | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Skåne County |
| Seat | Tomelilla |
| Area | |
• Total | 397.39 km2 (153.43 sq mi) |
| • Land | 395.94 km2 (152.87 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1.45 km2 (0.56 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (30 June 2025)[2] | |
• Total | 13,686 |
| • Density | 34.566/km2 (89.525/sq mi) |
| 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 (Swedish:Tomelilla kommun) is amunicipality inSkåne County in southernSweden. Its seat is located in the townTomelilla.
The municipality was formed through a series ofamalgamations taking place in 1952, 1969 and 1971. The number of pre-1952 units making up the present municipality is twenty.
Tomelilla Municipality is located in the south-eastern plains ofScania known asÖsterlen, 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.
There were sevenlocalities in the municipality in 2018.[3]
| Locality | Population |
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| Tomelilla | 7,139 |
| Brösarp | 734 |
| Onslunda | 499 |
| Smedstorp | 377 |
| Lunnarp | 345 |
| Skåne-Tranås | 226 |
| Spjutstorp | 200 |
This is a demographic table based on Tomelilla Municipality's electoral districts in the2022 Swedish general election sourced fromSVT's election platform, in turn taken fromSCB 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.
| Location | Residents | Citizen adults | Left vote | Right vote | Employed | Swedish parents | Foreign heritage | Income SEK | Degree |
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| 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[4] | |||||||||
Tomelilla Municipality was made famous by comedy duoTage Danielsson (1928–1985) andHans Alfredson (1931–2017), who directed and acted in numerous movies that were filmed in and around the town ofTomelilla:
The following notable people live in Tomelilla:
Tomelilla Municipality is known for the amusement parkTosselilla Summer Park, possibly the most visited amusement park in the province, and theHallamölla waterfall.Kåseholm Manor is located in Tomelilla Municipality.[5][6]
Its coat of arms is from 2002. It depicts the birdkite, native to the area, in silver on a red shield.
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