Tranemo Municipality is a municipality

Municipalities of Sweden

The municipalities of Sweden are the local government entities of Sweden. The current 290 municipalities are organized into 21 counties...

 in Västra Götaland County

Västra Götaland County

Västra Götaland County is a county or län on the western coast of Sweden.The county is the second largest of Sweden's counties and it is subdivided into 49 municipalities . Its population of 1,550,000 amounts to 17% of Sweden's population...

 in western Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

. Its seat is located in the town of Tranemo

Tranemo

Tranemo is a locality and the seat of Tranemo Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 3,152 inhabitants in 2005.- References :...

.

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

Crane (bird)

Cranes are a family, Gruidae, of large, long-legged and long-necked birds in the order Gruiformes. There are fifteen species of crane in four genera. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons, cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled back...

.

The coat of arms

Coat of arms

A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...

, granted in 1975, show a crane with a glass blowing beldge. Glass blowing is an old industry in the municipality, with the first glass blower established in 1741.

Localities

Localities

Urban areas in Sweden

Urban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tätort. The official term in English, used by Statistics Sweden, is, however, locality. There are 1,940 localities in Sweden . They could be compared with census-designated places in the United States.A tätort in Sweden has a minimum of...

 in Tranemo Municipality with population numbers from 2004-06:

• Tranemo
  Tranemo
  Tranemo is a locality and the seat of Tranemo Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 3,152 inhabitants in 2005.- References :...
  
    3,205
• Limmared
  Limmared
  Limmared is a locality situated in Tranemo Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 1,445 inhabitants in 2005....
  
    1,445
• Länghem
  Länghem
  Länghem is a locality situated in Tranemo Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 1,036 inhabitants in 2005....
  
    1,178
• Dalstorp
  Dalstorp
  Dalstorp is a locality situated in Tranemo Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 779 inhabitants in 2005....
  
    824
• Grimsås
  Grimsås
  Grimsås is a locality situated in Tranemo Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 749 inhabitants in 2005....
  
    779
• Ambjörnarp
  Ambjörnarp
  Ambjörnarp is a locality situated in Tranemo Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 284 inhabitants in 2005....
  
    310
• Ljungsarp
  Ljungsarp
  Ljungsarp is a locality situated in Tranemo Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 215 inhabitants in 2005....
  
    274
• Uddebo
  Uddebo
  Uddebo is a locality situated in Tranemo Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 255 inhabitants in 2005.- References :The name Uddebo was given to the small community after the founding of the runestone "Tree-Udden", which was placed on a Viking graveyard sometime in the years from...
  
    263
• Sjötofta
  Sjötofta
  Sjötofta is a locality situated in Tranemo Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 208 inhabitants in 2005....
  
    239
• Nittorp 211

External links

• Tranemo Municipality - Official site