Kappelshamn Explained

Official Name:Kappelshamn
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 Km2:0.75
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:115
Population Density Km2:159
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:57.85°N 65°W

Kappelshamn (in Swedish pronounced as /kapɛlsˈhamn/)[2] is a settlement on the Swedish island of Gotland. It had 115 inhabitants in 2010.

Located northeast of Visby and north of Slite, it is mainly known for its race track, Gotland Ring. In addition there are facilities catering for tourists, such as sheltered beaches and a campsite.

Storugns, located across the gulf from Kappelshamn, is the largest deposit of limestone in the Nordic countries. Developed since the early 1980s by Nordkalk, the limestone mined from Gotland is mainly shipped from the port of Storugns to the steel mills in Sweden and Finland.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Småorter 2010 (Smaller localities 2010) . . 2010 . 20 January 2014. sv.
  2. Book: Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter. Jöran Sahlgren. Gösta Bergman. sv. 1979. 13.
  3. Web site: History – Growth since 1898. Nordkalk. 12 April 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120322152744/http://www.nordkalk.se/default.asp?viewID=239. 22 March 2012. dead.