Tranemo (Municipality)

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Tranemo municipality
Coat of arms of the municipality of Tranemo Location of the municipality of Tranemo
coat of arms Location in Västra Götaland County
State : Sweden
Province (län): Västra Götalands län
Historical Province (landskap): Västergötland
Main place: Tranemo
SCB code: 1452
Residents : 11,936 (December 31, 2019)
Area : 778.5 km² (January 1, 2016)
Population density : 15.3 inhabitants / km²
Website : www.tranemo.se
List of municipalities in Sweden

Coordinates: 57 ° 29 '  N , 13 ° 21'  E

Torpa stenhus

Tranemo is a municipality ( Swedish kommun ) in the Swedish province of Västra Götalands län and the historic province of Västergötland . The main town of the municipality is Tranemo .

history

During the municipal reform of 1952, the surrounding parishes ( socks ) became the four large parishes Dalstorp, Limmared, Länghem and Tranemo. These large communities were merged in 1974 to form today's community.

Before the merger of Älvsborgs län , Skaraborgs län and Göteborgs och Bohus län to Västra Götalands län , Tranemo belonged to the province of Älvsborgs län.

In the village there is also “ Torpa stenhus ”, a castle from the late 15th century.

Tranemo IF is a previously successful sports club in the municipality .

places

These places are localities ( tatorter ):

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Municipality of Tranemo  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner December 31, 2019 at Statistiska centralbyrån
  2. ↑ Kommunarealer January 1, 2016 at Statistiska centralbyrån (including all inland waters)