Roma, Gotland Explained

Official Name:Roma
Native Name:Romakloster
Råmme 
Pushpin Map:Sweden Gotland
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Romakloster on Gotland
Pushpin Mapsize:200
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 Km2:1.26
Population As Of:31 December 2014
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:936
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:57.5055°N 18.4541°W

Roma (in Swedish pronounced as /ˈrûːma/),[3] also by proxy referred to as Romakloster, is a locality on the Swedish island of Gotland, with 936 inhabitants in 2014.

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

Roma Abbey, a ruined medieval monastery and crown estate manor, lies in Roma.[6]

Geography

Roma is the name of the main locality in the socken. It is also the name of the socken as well as the district. Roma is situated in the central part of Gotland.[7] The medieval Roma Church,[8] is situated in the smaller locality Lövsta, sometimes referred to as Roma kyrkby, in Roma socken.

, Roma Church belongs to Roma parish in Romaklosters pastorat.[9] [10]

History

In 1995 the locality known as Roma was divided by Statistics Sweden into a part with the tentative name of "Roma kyrkby" or "Lövsta" (pop. 277) and the remaining part that retained the name "Roma" (pop. 913), but is using "Romakloster" as the postal address.[11] Some confusion is caused by the fact that Lövsta/Roma kyrkby has been referred to as "Roma" in the statistical figures since 2000.

Railways

Roma got a railway connection to Visby in 1878 and was from 1902 the island's main railway hub as a junction for its two main railways Both lines used the Swedish three-foot narrow gauge (891 mm). The railways were closed in 1953 and 1960 respectively. In 2015, however, the heritage railway Gotlands Hesselby Jernväg was extended to Roma, which thus regained access to rail traffic.[12] The railway is maintained by the Gotland Train Association.[13]

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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. www.gotland.se. Gotland Municipality. 25 May 2016.
  3. Book: Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter. Jöran Sahlgren. Gösta Bergman. sv. 1979. 20.
  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. 221–223.
  7. Web site: Roma. www.ne.se. Nationalencyklopedin. 31 May 2016.
  8. Book: Lagerlöf. Erland. Svahnström. Gunnar. Gotlands kyrkor. Gotland's Churches. sv. . 1973. Rabén & Sjögren. Stockholm. 91-29-41035-5. 223–224.
  9. Web site: Församlingar på Gotland . www.svenskakyrkan.se . . 12 January 2019.
  10. Web site: Visby stifts indelning 2018 . www.svenskakyrkan.se . . 12 January 2019.
  11. http://www.scb.se/statistik/MI/MI0810/2000I02/MI38SM9601.pdf Tätorter 1995
  12. Web site: Svensson. Anders. Slite- Roma 1902, 33 km. www.gotlandstaget.se. Gotland Train Association. 26 May 2016.
  13. Web site: Molin. Maria. En resa bakåt i tiden med Gotlandståget. www.gotland.net. Gotlands Media AB. 26 May 2016.