Bromölla Municipality

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**Bromölla Municipality (*Kommun*)**
Sweden with the province Skåne (Scania) highlighted Bromölla municipality and seat in Scania Map outlining municipalities of Sweden	Coat of arms
	Municipal facts
	Seat	Bromölla
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	County	Skåne County
	Province	Scania
	Area Rank	218 km² 242nd of 290
	Population Rank (2005)	12,080 185th of 290
	Density	73/km²

Bromölla is a municipality and town in Scania in southernmost Sweden. The town Bromölla has a population of about 7,300.

1 History
2 Industry
3 Culture
4 Born in Bromölla
5 External links

[edit] History

The name itself comes from a Bromölla, which translated to Bridge Mill, one or more mills used at least from the 17th to the 19th century, adjacent to a small river. The city arms depict a bridge over a river, and a water wheel symbolizing the mill.

The town only consisted of a few houses until it began to grow about 100 years ago around a newly established limestone quarry, leading to the establishment of several ceramics industries.

[edit] Industry

IFÖ makes water toilets and has been doing it for over a hundred years. All over Sweden are water toilets with the IFÖ-insignia.

[edit] Culture

Bromölla boosts remains from the Stone Age, and even some findings of dinosaurs. 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 Bromölla also lays a popular cinema visisted by people from as far as Kristianstad. It was elected Best Cinema of Sweden in 2001 by the leading film reviewing program on TV.