Hejde Explained

Official Name:	Hejde
Native Name:	Haide
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:	62.64
Population As Of:	2014
Population Footnotes:	^[2]
Population Total:	233
Timezone:	CET
Utc Offset:	+1
Timezone Dst:	CEST
Utc Offset Dst:	+2
Coordinates:	57.4125°N 18.3458°W

Hejde 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 Hejde District, established on 1January 2016.^[4]

Geography

Hejde is situated in central Gotland.^[5] The medieval Hejde Church is located in the socken.^[6], Hejde Church belongs to Hejde parish in Klinte pastorat.^{[7] [8]}

External links

• • Objects from Hejde at the Digital Museum by Nordic Museum

Notes and References

1. Book: Carlquist, Gunnar. Svensk Uppslagsbok. 1947–1955. Förlagshuset Norden. Malmö. 2nd. Hejde socken. sv.
2. Web site: Gotland i siffror 2015. Gotland in numbers 2015. www.gotland.se. Gotland Municipality. 19 September 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. 19 September 2016.
5. Web site: Hejde. www.ne.se. Nationalencyklopedin. 19 September 2016.
6. Web site: James. Maria. Hejde kyrka. www.gotland.se. Gotland County Administrative Board. 19 September 2016.
7. Web site: Församlingar på Gotland . www.svenskakyrkan.se . . 12 January 2019.
8. Web site: Visby stifts indelning 2018 . www.svenskakyrkan.se . . 12 January 2019.