Tranås Municipality

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Tranås Municipality is a municipality in Jönköping County, southern Sweden, where the town Tranås is seat.The original entity Tranås was detached from the rural municipality Säby as a market town in 1882 and made a city in 1919. The reunification took place in 1951 when Säby was made a part of Tranås. In 1967 Linderås was amalgamated with the City of Tranås, which in 1971 was made a municipality of unitary type when all differences between rural and urban municipalities were abolished.LocalitiesThere are 3 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Tranås Municipality.In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.General informationFamous citizensLennart Hyland, renowned sports commentator and host for several radio- and TV-shows, born in Tranås city.Ove Fundin, worldchampion in speedway, also born in Tranås city.Johanna Westman, host on SVT, author of cook- and children's books.Richard Carlsohn, musical theatre performer.Magnus Svensson, by far the best hockey player from Tranås, has played hundreds of times in Sweden's national team, Tre Kronor, and was the best goal scorer in World Cup 1994. Also won Olympic Gold medal 1994. Played most of his career in Leksands IF but also made a couple of seasons in the NHL with Florida Panthers.David Lingmerth, Professional Golfer on the PGA Tour