Lärbro Explained

Official Name:Lärbro
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 Km2:1.17
Population As Of:31 December 2014
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:963
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:57.7833°N 65°W

Lärbro (in Swedish pronounced as /ˈlæ̂ːrbrʊ/)[3] is a locality on the Swedish island of Gotland, with 963 inhabitants in 2014.

Lärbro 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 Lärbro District, established on 1January 2016.[5]

Geography

Lärbro is the name of the locality surrounding the medieval Lärbro Church,[6] sometimes referred to as Lärbro kyrkby. It is also the name of the socken as well as the district. Lärbro is located in the northern part of Gotland, approximately 8km (05miles) north of Slite.[7]

, Lärbro Church belongs to Forsa parish in Norra Gotlands pastorat, along with the churches in Hellvi, Hangvar, Hall and Hallshuk.[8] [9]

One of the asteroids in the asteroid belt, 10126 Lärbro, is named after this place.[10]

History

From 1921 to 1960, Lärbro had a railway connection with Visby. The locality's main source of income is tourism. Gann Church ruin is in Lärbro.[11]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010 . 14 December 2011 . . Swedish . 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. www.gotland.se. Gotland Municipality. 25 May 2016.
  3. Book: Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter. Jöran Sahlgren. Gösta Bergman. sv. 1979. 16.
  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. https://web.archive.org/web/20180930041909/http://rkrattsdb.gov.se/SFSdoc/15/150493.PDF. 30 September 2018. dead.
  6. Book: Lagerlöf. Erland. Svahnström. Gunnar. Gotlands kyrkor. Gotland's Churches. Swedish. . 1973. Rabén & Sjögren. Stockholm. 91-29-41035-5. 208–211.
  7. Web site: Lärbro. www.ne.se. Nationalencyklopedin. 27 May 2016.
  8. Web site: Församlingar på Gotland . www.svenskakyrkan.se . . 11 January 2019.
  9. Web site: Visby stifts indelning 2018 . www.svenskakyrkan.se . . 11 January 2019.
  10. Web site: 10126 Larbro (1993 FW24). NASA. 24 June 2016.
  11. Web site: Ganns ödekyrka. guteinfo.com. 15 December 2018.