Official Name: | Bro |
Native Name: | Bro and Duss Bro ankå Duss |
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: | 24 |
Population As Of: | 2014 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 389 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 57.6689°N 18.4786°W |
Bro (sometimes called Bro and Duss) 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 Bro District, established on 1January 2016.[4]
Bro is the name of the socken as well as the district. It is also the name of the small village surrounding the medieval Bro Church,[5] sometimes referred to as Bro kyrkby. It is situated in the northwest part of Gotland, northeast of Visby.[6]
, Bro Church belongs to Väskinde parish in Norra Gotlands pastorat, along with the churches in Väskinde, Fole, Lokrume, Hejnum andBäl.[7] [8]
One of the asteroids in the asteroid belt, 10128 Bro, is named after this place.[9]