När Explained

Official Name:När
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:2014
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:413
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:57.25°N 53°W

När is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland, with 413 inhabitants in 2014.[3] It comprises the same area as the administrative När District, established on 1January 2016.[4]

The När Lighthouse is located east of the village on Närsholmen.

Geography

När is the name of the socken as well as the district. It is also the name of the small village surrounding the medieval När Church,[5] sometimes referred to as När kyrkby. It is situated on the east coast of Gotland.[6]

, När Church belongs to När-Lau parish in Burs pastorat, along with the church in Lau.[7] [8]

Notable people

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2000 och 2005 . . xls . sv . 2009-04-18.
  2. Web site: Gotland i siffror 2015. Gotland in numbers 2015. www.gotland.se. Gotland Municipality. 25 May 2016.
  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. 24 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20180930041909/http://rkrattsdb.gov.se/SFSdoc/15/150493.PDF. 30 September 2018. dead.
  5. Book: Lagerlöf. Erland. Svahnström. Gunnar. Gotlands kyrkor. Gotland's Churches. sv. . 1973. Rabén & Sjögren. Stockholm. 91-29-41035-5. 218–219.
  6. Web site: När. www.ne.se. Nationalencyklopedin. 30 May 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.
  9. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0632240/ IMDb Database