Tomelilla Municipality

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**Tomelilla Municipality (*Kommun*)**
Skåne in Sweden Tomelilla Municipality in Skåne Map outlining the municipalities of Sweden	Coat of arms
	Municipal facts
	Seat	Tomelilla
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	County	Skåne County
	Province	Skåne
	Area Rank	399 km² 202nd of 290
	Population Rank (2005)	12,561 180th of 290
	Population density	31.5/km²

Tomelilla Municipality is a municipality where the Scanian town of Tomelilla (pop. 6,000) is situated, in Skåne in southernmost Sweden.

Tomelilla started expanding when the railroad between Ystad and Eslöv was inaugurated in 1866.

[edit] Geography

Tomelilla is located in the south-eastern plains of Skåne 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.

[edit] Notability

Tomelilla 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 Tomelilla:

The Apple War (1972)
Ägget är löst (1975)
Picassos äventyr (1978)
Den enfaldige mördaren (1982)
P&B (1983)
Jim & piraterna Blom (1986)

If it wasn't for these movies and their popularity, Tomelilla wouldn't 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:

Hans Alfredson (director/actor)
Gösta Ekman (actor)
Ulf Lundell (singer)
Gudrun Schyman (politician)

Around Skåne, Tomelilla is known for the amusement park Tosselilla (previously known as Tomelilla amusement park), quite possibly the most visited amusement park in the province.

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