Editing Tomelilla Municipality

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'''Tomelilla Municipality''' ({{langx|sv|Tomelilla kommun}}) is a [[Municipalities of Sweden|municipality]] in [[Skåne County]] in southern [[Sweden]]. Its seat is located in the town [[Tomelilla]].

The municipality was formed through a series of [[Amalgamation (politics)|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 [[Urban areas in Sweden|localities]] in the municipality in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statistikdatabasen.scb.se/pxweb/sv/ssd/START__MI__MI0810__MI0810A/LandarealTatort/table/tableViewLayout1/?rxid=ff9309f9-7ecb-480f-a73c-08d86b3e56f8|title= Folkmängd per tätort efter region och vart 5:e år|language=sv|publisher=[[Statistics Sweden]]|access-date=2019-08-07}}</ref>

{{aligned table|class=wikitable|row1header=yes|cols=2|leftright=y
| Locality      | Population
| [[Tomelilla]] | 7,139
| [[Brösarp]]   |   734
| [[Onslunda]]  |   499
| [[Smedstorp]] |   377
| [[Lunnarp]]   |   345
| [[Skåne-Tranås]] |226
| [[Spjutstorp]]|   200
}}

==Demographics==
This is a demographic table based on Tomelilla Municipality's electoral districts in the [[2022 Swedish general election]] sourced from [[Swedish Television|SVT]]'s election platform, in turn taken from [[Statistiska Centralbyrån|SCB]] official statistics.<ref name=TomelillaVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-1270-tomelilla.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Tomelilla i riksdagsvalet|publisher=[[Swedish Television|SVT]]|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=1 January 2024}}</ref>

In total there were 13,696 inhabitants, including 10,419 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=TomelillaVal2022/> 36.5% voted for the left coalition and 62.2% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

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! {{tooltip|2=Number of residents in district, regardless of age or citizenship status|Residents}}
! {{tooltip|2=Swedish citizens above the age of 18, automatically eligible to vote|Citizen {{br}} adults}}
! {{tooltip|2=Social Democrats, Left Party, Centre Party, Green Party, %|Left vote}}
! {{tooltip|2=Sweden Democrats, Moderates, Christian Democrats, Liberals, %|Right vote}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the share of people between the ages of 20 and 64 who are working taxpayers, %|Employed}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born in Sweden with at least one Swedish-born parent, %|Swedish {{br}} parents}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born abroad or in Sweden with two foreign-born parents, %|Foreign {{br}} heritage}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the median income received monthly income through either employment, capital gains or social grants for the median adult above 20, also including pensioners in Swedish kronor|Income {{br}} [[Swedish kronor|SEK]]}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as any degree accumulated after high school, %|Degree}}
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|-
| align="left" |Brösarp
| 1,887
| 1,624
| 44.6
| 53.5
| 82
| 90
| 10
| 21,929
| 41
|-
| align="left" |Onslunda
| 2,169
| 1,634
| 32.0
| 66.9
| 81
| 88
| 12
| 23,298
| 27
|-
| align="left" |Smedstorp
| 1,684
| 1,311
| 33.9
| 64.8
| 81
| 88
| 12
| 25,433
| 27
|-
| align="left" |Tomelilla S
| 2,206
| 1,609
| 35.8
| 63.2
| 80
| 83
| 17
| 23,041
| 27
|-
| align="left" |Tomelilla SV
| 1,877
| 1,364
| 40.7
| 57.8
| 72
| 76
| 24
| 20,379
| 21
|-
| align="left" |Tomelilla V-Tryde
| 1,985
| 1,502
| 33.8
| 65.7
| 82
| 84
| 16
| 24,522
| 26
|-
| align="left" |Tomelilla Ö
| 1,888
| 1,375
| 35.3
| 63.4
| 72
| 75
| 25
| 20,707
| 21
|-
| colspan="10" align="left" |Source: [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]<ref name=TomelillaVal2022/>
|}

==Notability==
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&amp;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.<ref>{{cite web |last=Popova |first=Susanna |title=Sommarens bästa slott – hela listan |website=Fokus |date=2023-06-03 |url=https://www.fokus.se/kultur/sommarens-basta-slott-hela-listan/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240712155359/https://www.fokus.se/kultur/sommarens-basta-slott-hela-listan/ |archive-date=2024-07-12 |url-status=live |language=sv |access-date=2024-07-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Wangel |first=Ulrika |title=Kåseholm fick sin slottsskylt |website=Ystads Allehanda |date=2013-01-22 |url=https://www.ystadsallehanda.se/tomelilla/kaseholm-fick-sin-slottsskylt/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240712155343/https://www.ystadsallehanda.se/tomelilla/kaseholm-fick-sin-slottsskylt/ |archive-date=2024-07-12 |url-status=live |language=sv |access-date=2024-07-12}}</ref>

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

==References==
*[http://www.scb.se Statistics Sweden]
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Tomelilla Municipality}}
*[http://www.tomelilla.se/ Tomelilla] - Official site
*[http://www.osterlen.se/ Österlen] - Official site

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Tomelilla
 | N  = [[Kristianstad Municipality|Kristianstad]]
 | E  = [[Simrishamn Municipality|Simrishamn]]
 | S  = [[Ystad Municipality|Ystad]]
 | W  = [[Sjöbo Municipality|Sjöbo]]
 | NW = [[Hörby Municipality|Hörby]]
}}
{{Skåne County}}
{{Localities in Tomelilla Municipality}}
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[[Category:Municipalities of Skåne County]]
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