Bro, Gotland

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Bro
Bro and Duss
Bro ankå Duss (Gutnish)
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Bro Church
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Bro
Coordinates: 57°40′8″N18°28′43″E / 57.66889°N 18.47861°E / 57.66889; 18.47861 Coordinates: 57°40′8″N18°28′43″E / 57.66889°N 18.47861°E / 57.66889; 18.47861
Country Sweden
Province Gotland
County Gotland County
Municipality Gotland Municipality
Area
[1]
 • Total24 km2 (9 sq mi)
Population
 (2014) [2]
 • Total389
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Website brosocken.se

Bro (sometimes called Bro and Duss) is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland. [3] It comprises the same area as the administrative Bro District, established on 1 January 2016. [4]

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Geography

Bro is the name of the socken as well as the district. It is also the name of the small village surrounding the medieval Bro Church, [5] sometimes referred to as Bro kyrkby. It is situated in the northwest part of Gotland, northeast of Visby. [6]

As of 2019, Bro Church belongs to Väskinde parish in Norra Gotlands pastorat, along with the churches in Väskinde, Fole, Lokrume, Hejnum and Bäl. [7] [8]

One of the asteroids in the asteroid belt, 10128 Bro, is named after this place. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Carlquist, Gunnar, ed. (1947–1955). Svensk Uppslagsbok (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Malmö: Förlagshuset Norden. p. 67.
  2. ↑ "Gotland i siffror 2015" [Gotland in numbers 2015]. www.gotland.se. Gotland Municipality . Retrieved 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. ↑ "Förordning om district" [Regulation of districts](PDF). Ministry of Finance. 17 June 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  5. ↑ Lagerlöf, Erland; Svahnström, Gunnar (1973). Gotlands kyrkor[Gotland's Churches] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Rabén & Sjögren. pp. 104–107. ISBN   91-29-41035-5. SELIBR   7232718.
  6. ↑ "Bro". www.ne.se. Nationalencyklopedin . Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  7. ↑ "Församlingar på Gotland". www.svenskakyrkan.se. Church of Sweden . Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  8. ↑ "Visby stifts indelning 2018". www.svenskakyrkan.se. Church of Sweden . Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  9. ↑ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". NASA . Retrieved 2008-04-25.


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