Tranemo Municipality

Tranemo Municipality
Tranemo kommun
Municipality
Tranemo municipal offices
Tranemo municipal offices
Coat of arms of Tranemo Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 57°29′N 13°21′E / 57.483°N 13.350°E / 57.483; 13.350
CountrySweden
CountyVästra Götaland County
SeatTranemo
Area
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 • Total778.48 km2 (300.57 sq mi)
 • Land741.27 km2 (286.21 sq mi)
 • Water37.21 km2 (14.37 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2023)[2]
 • Total11,883
 • Density15/km2 (40/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceVästergötland
Municipal code1452
Websitewww.tranemo.se

Tranemo Municipality (Tranemo kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Tranemo.

There are twelve original municipal units (as of 1863) in the area. The municipal reform of 1952 created four larger entities. The next reform was implemented in two steps with amalgamations taking place in 1967 and 1974, leading to the present municipality.

The name comes from the bird Trana, which means crane.

The coat of arms, granted in 1975, show a crane with a glass blowing belge. Glass blowing is an old industry in the municipality, with the first glass blower established in 1741.

Controversies

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In 2021, Tranemo Municipality hired a poet to create one poem a week about Tranemo Municipality for 1 year. The project drew heavy criticism because of its cost – nearly 1 million Swedish crowns (SEK). This happened at the same time when municipality demanded 17 million SEK in cost savings from the municipal schools.[3][4][5][6][7] This incident resulted in a major crisis in Tranemo municipality.[8]

Localities

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Localities in Tranemo Municipality with population numbers from 2004-06:

Demographics

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This is a demographic table based on Tranemo Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[9]

In total there were 11,931 residents, including 8,981 Swedish citizens of voting age.[9] 45.8% voted for the left coalition and 52.8% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

References

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  1. ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  3. ^ Nyheter, SVT (2022-12-10). "Kommunpoeten ett år efter stormen: "Projektets överlevnad stod på spel"". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  4. ^ "Nära 900 000 kronor på kommunpoesi är felsatsade pengar". Borås Tidning (in Swedish). 2021-05-19. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  5. ^ Ronnemo, Veronica. "Tranemo kommuns egna kommunpoet – Sveriges första?!". Tranemo Kommun (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  6. ^ "Kommunpoet får 900 000 – starka reaktioner: "Rimligt"". Expressen (in Swedish). 2021-10-19. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  7. ^ Samuelsson, Amanda; Wennerholm, Paul (2022-12-01). "Hatades och hånades – för sitt jobb som kommunpoet". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  8. ^ Rydén, Hanna (2021-10-22). "Hur en kommunpoet ledde till kris i Tranemo". DN.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 24 September 2023. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  9. ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Tranemo i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
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