Country Sweden Time zone CET (UTC+1) Municipal code 1270 Province Skåne County | Seat Tomelilla ISO 3166 code SE Website www.tomelilla.se | |
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Points of interest Christinehof Castle, Kronovall Castle, Bollerup, Drakamöllan Nature reserve, The Hasse & Tage Museum | ||
Tomelilla Municipality (Tomelilla kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Tomelilla.
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Map of Tomelilla, Sweden
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 are 5 localities (or built-up areas)in Tomelilla Municipality. In the table they are listed according to the size of the population as of September 1, 2011. The municipal seat is in bold characters.
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:
If it wasn't for these movies and their popularity, Tomelilla would not have been more than a spot on the map. Quite a few famous people today own houses in the countryside surrounding Tomelilla. To mention a few:
Tomelilla Municipality is known for the amusement park Tosselilla Summer Park, quite 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.