- Bromölla Municipality
Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Bromölla kommun
county=Skåne County
province=Scania
capital=Bromölla
arearank=256th
area=186.24
arealand=163.38
populationrank=185th
population=12,145
densityrank=71st
populationdensity=74.3
website=http://www.bromolla.se/
footnotes=Area and population as ofDecember 31 ,2006 Bromölla Municipality ("Bromölla kommun") is a municipality in
Skåne County in southernSweden . Its seat is located in the townBromölla .Bromölla was in 1967 reunited with "Ivetofta" (from which it had been detached as a market town in 1942). In 1974 "Näsum" was added and the municipality got its present territory.
History
The name Bromölla translates to "Bridge Mill", one or more mills used at least from the 17th to the 19th century, adjacent to a small river. The municipal arms depict a bridge over a river, and a water wheel symbolizing the mill.
Urban areas
There are 5 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Bromölla Municipality.
In the table they are listed according to the size of the population as of
December 31 ,2005 . The municipal seat is in bold characters.A small part of
Valje is situated inSölvesborg Municipality .Industry
IFÖ makes water toilets and has been doing it for over a hundred years. All overSweden are water toilets with the IFÖ-insignia.Also important is the Nymölla
STORA Enso paper mill, producing fine paper for the world.Culture
Bromölla boosts remains from the
Stone Age , and even some findings ofdinosaur s. More recent remains also attract visitors, among them old churches, mills and some other curiosities that have survived the modernisation. In the municipality are several cultural houses, rural museums and mansions that can be visited.In the town of
Bromölla lies a popular cinema visited by people from as far asKristianstad . It was elected Best Cinema of Sweden in 2001 by the leading film reviewing program on Swedish television.Born in Bromölla
*
Johanna Sjöberg (bornMarch 8 ,1978 ), swimmer
*Jonas Lundh , artist and musician fromVästmanland , see [http://www.lundh-art.com his website]References
* [http://www.scb.se Statistics Sweden]
External links
* [http://www.bromolla.se/ Bromölla] - Official site
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