- Tranemo Municipality
Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Tranemo kommun
county=Västra Götaland County
province=Västergötland
capital=Tranemo
arearank=144th
area=781.62
arealand=744.35
populationrank=189th
population=11,742
densityrank=198th
populationdensity=15.8
website=http://www.tranemo.se/
footnotes=Area & population from SCB as of December 31, 2006Tranemo Municipality ("Tranemo kommun") is a municipality in
Västra Götaland County in westernSweden . Its seat is located in the town ofTranemo .There are twelve original municipal units (as of
1863 ) in the area. The municipal reform of1952 created four larger entities. The next reform was implemented in two steps with amalgamations taking place in1967 and1974 , leading to the present municipality.The name comes from the bird "Trana", which means crane.
The
coat of arms , granted in1975 , show a crane with aglass blowing beldge. Glass blowing is an old industry in the municipality, with the first glass blower established in1741 .Localities
Localities in Tranemo Municipality with population numbers from 2004-06:
*Tranemo 3,205
*Limmared 1,445
*Länghem 1,178
*Dalstorp 824
*Grimsås 779
*Ambjörnarp 310
*Ljungsarp 274
*Uddebo 263
*Sjötofta 239
*Nittorp 211External links
* [http://www.tranemo.se Tranemo Municipality] - Official site
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