Bro, Gotland Explained

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]

Geography

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Carlquist, Gunnar. Svensk Uppslagsbok. 1947–1955. Förlagshuset Norden. Malmö. 2nd. 67. sv.
  2. Web site: Gotland i siffror 2015. Gotland in numbers 2015. www.gotland.se. Gotland Municipality. 25 May 2016. 30 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180130042935/http://gotland.se/64224. dead.
  3. The exact extent of the socken, now district, can be obtained by clicking on Kartinställningar and check the Socken box in the menu of this map from the Swedish National Heritage Board database.
  4. Web site: Förordning om district. Regulation of districts. 17 June 2015. Ministry of Finance. 24 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20180930041909/http://rkrattsdb.gov.se/SFSdoc/15/150493.PDF. 30 September 2018. dead.
  5. Book: Lagerlöf. Erland. Svahnström. Gunnar. Gotlands kyrkor. Gotland's Churches. sv. . 1973. Rabén & Sjögren. Stockholm. 91-29-41035-5. 104–107.
  6. Web site: Bro. www.ne.se. Nationalencyklopedin. 27 May 2016.
  7. Web site: Församlingar på Gotland . www.svenskakyrkan.se . . 11 January 2019.
  8. Web site: Visby stifts indelning 2018 . www.svenskakyrkan.se . . 11 January 2019.
  9. Web site: JPL Small-Body Database Browser . 2008-04-25 . NASA.