Hemse Explained

Official Name:Hemse
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 Km2:2.11
Population As Of:31 December 2014
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:1,700
Population Density Km2:814
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:57.2333°N 40°W

Hemse is a locality situated on the Swedish island of Gotland with 1,700 inhabitants in 2014. It is the second largest locality (after Visby) on the island. Hemse is the main center of population in the southern part of the island, and it is known for its markets.[3]

Hemse is also the name of the larger populated area, socken (not to be confused with parish).[4] It comprises the same area as the administrative Hemse District, established on 1January 2016.[5]

Geography

Hemse is the name of the locality surrounding the medieval Hemse Church,[6] sometimes referred to as Hemse kyrkby. It is also the name of the socken as well as the district. Hemse is situated in the central part of southern Gotland.[7], Hemse Church belongs to Alva-Hemse-Rone parish in Sudrets pastorat, along with the churches in Alva and Rone.[8] [9]

One of the asteroids in the asteroid belt, 10124 Hemse, is named after this place.[10]

History

Hemse stave church, the best-preserved remnants of a stave church from present-day Sweden, was discovered under the floor of Hemse Church during the late 19th century.

Events

The annual Hemse Market is one of the major autumn markets on Gotland. There are five official markets held on the island in August–October: Slite, Havdhem, Kräklingbo, Klintehamn and Hemse, each usually spanning a weekend.[11] [12]

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Hemse:

Climate

Hemse has a maritime climate partially influenced by being on an offshore island but also its interior position on Gotland. As a result, it has features both reminiscent of mainland southern Sweden and of coastal Gotland. It has the warmest summer days and coldest winter nights out of the active Gotland stations. It is also both rainier and snowier than coastal areas. Even so, seasonal lag is still strong which results in spring getting frequent cold snaps. With the coastal parts of Gotland being the sunniest part of the Nordics and Baltics, clear nights are frequent also inland. This results in high diurnal temperature variation by Swedish maritime standards.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010 . 14 December 2011 . . sv . https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls . 27 January 2012 . live . 10 January 2012.
  2. Web site: Gotland i siffror 2015. Gotland in numbers 2015. gotland.se. Gotland Municipality. 25 May 2016. 30 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180130042935/http://gotland.se/64224. dead.
  3. Web site: Hemse torgdag. Hemse market day. Bernt. Enderborg. Guteinfo. 26 May 2016.
  4. 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.
  5. Web site: Förordning om district. Regulation of districts. 17 June 2015. Ministry of Finance. 24 May 2016.
  6. Book: Lagerlöf. Erland. Svahnström. Gunnar. Gotlands kyrkor. Gotland's Churches. sv. . 1973. Rabén & Sjögren. Stockholm. 91-29-41035-5. 180–182.
  7. Web site: Hemse. ne.se. Nationalencyklopedin. 27 May 2016.
  8. Web site: Församlingar på Gotland . svenskakyrkan.se . . 12 January 2019.
  9. Web site: Visby stifts indelning 2018 . svenskakyrkan.se . . 12 January 2019.
  10. Web site: 10124 Hemse (1993 FE23). NASA. 24 June 2016.
  11. Web site: Marknadshösten inleds i Slite . gotland.net . 16 August 2009 . Gotlands Media AB . 8 January 2019 .
  12. Web site: James . Maria . Marknader . gotland.se . 22 May 2017. Gotland County Administrative Board . 8 January 2019.