Lövsta, Gotland Explained

Official Name:Lövsta
Native Name:Roma kyrkby
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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 Km2:0.89
Population As Of:31 December 2010
Population Total:261
Population Density Km2:292
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:57.5333°N 44°W

Lövsta (also known as Roma kyrkby) is a locality on the Swedish island of Gotland, with 261 inhabitants in 2010.

In 1995 the locality known as Roma was divided by Statistics Sweden into a part with the tentative name of "Roma kyrkby" (pop. 277) and the remaining part that was referred to as Roma (pop. 902). It was given the name "Romakloster" as a postal address to avoid confusion with the Italian capital.[2] Some confusion is caused by the fact that Lövsta/Roma kyrkby has been referred to as "Roma" in the statistical figures since 2000.[3]

The medieval Roma Church is in Lövsta.[4], Roma Church belongs to Roma parish in Romaklosters pastorat.[5] [6]

References

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. http://www.scb.se/statistik/MI/MI0810/2000I02/MI38SM9601.pdf Tätorter 1995
  3. Cf. the population figures from 1995 for Roma kyrkby/Roma (277 people) and Romakloster (902) given in Tätorter 1995, p. 30, and Tätorter 2000, p. 27.
  4. Book: Lagerlöf. Erland. Svahnström. Gunnar. Gotlands kyrkor. Gotland's Churches. Swedish. . 1973. Rabén & Sjögren. Stockholm. 91-29-41035-5. 223–224.
  5. Web site: Församlingar på Gotland . www.svenskakyrkan.se . . 12 January 2019.
  6. Web site: Visby stifts indelning 2018 . www.svenskakyrkan.se . . 13 January 2019.