Official Name: | Akebäck |
Native Name: | Akbäkk |
Pushpin Map: | Sweden Gotland |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Sweden |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Gotland Municipality |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Gotland County |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Gotland |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 10.57 |
Population As Of: | 2014 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 81 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 57.5472°N 18.3922°W |
Akebäck is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland.[3] It comprises the same area as the administrative Akebäck District, established on 1January 2016.[4]
Akebäck is situated in the central part of Gotland.[5] It is the smallest of the Gotland sockens.[6] The medieval Akebäck Church is located in the socken.[7], Akebäck Church belongs to Akebäck parish in Romaklosters pastorat.[8] [9]
One of the asteroids in the asteroid belt, 11533 Akebäck, is named after this place.[10]