Gammelgarn Explained

Official Name:Gammelgarn
Native Name:Gammelgan or Gammelgän
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 Km2:38.20
Population As Of:2014
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:187
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:57.4044°N 18.8044°W

Gammelgarn 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 Gammelgarn District, established on 1January 2016.[4]

Geography

Gammelgarn is situated in the central east part of Gotland.[5] The medieval Gammelgarn Church is located in the socken.[6] On the south shore of Gammelgarn are the fishing villages of Grynge and Sjauster (or Sjaustru), the latter with a long sandy beach.[7] [8]

, Gammelgarn Church belongs to Östergarn parish in Romaklosters pastorat, along with the churches in Östergarn,Kräklingbo, Anga and Ala.[9] [10]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Carlquist, Gunnar. Svensk Uppslagsbok. 1947–1955. Förlagshuset Norden. Malmö. 2nd. Gammelgarn socken. sv.
  2. Web site: Gotland i siffror 2015. Gotland in numbers 2015. www.gotland.se. Gotland Municipality. 5 August 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. 5 August 2016.
  5. Web site: Gammelgarn. www.ne.se. Nationalencyklopedin. 5 August 2016.
  6. Book: Lagerlöf. Erland. Svahnström. Gunnar. Gotlands kyrkor. Gotland's Churches. sv. . 1973. Rabén & Sjögren. Stockholm. 91-29-41035-5. 145–146.
  7. Web site: Sjauster. www.gotland.net. Gotlands Media AB. 5 August 2016.
  8. Web site: Grynge. www.gotland.net. Gotlands Media AB. 5 August 2016.
  9. Web site: Församlingar på Gotland . www.svenskakyrkan.se . . 12 January 2019.
  10. Web site: Visby stifts indelning 2018 . www.svenskakyrkan.se . . 12 January 2019.