Lärbro
Lärbro is a locality on the Swedish island of Gotland, with 963 inhabitants in 2014. Also the name of the larger populated area, socken (not to be confused with parish). It comprises the same area as the administrative Lärbro District, established on 1January 2016.
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Key facts
• Official Name — Lärbro • 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 Total Km2 — 1.17 • Population As Of — 31 December 2014 • Population Total — 963 • Timezone — CET • Utc Offset — +1 • Timezone Dst — CEST • Utc Offset Dst — +2
Geography
Geography
Lärbro is the name of the locality surrounding the medieval Lärbro Church, 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 8 km north of Slite. As of 2019, Lärbro Church belongs to Forsa parish in Norra Gotlands pastorat, along with the churches in Hellvi, Hangvar, Hall and Hallshuk. One of the asteroids in the asteroid belt, 10126 Lärbro, is named after this place.
History
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.
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- 1.Statistics Sweden. Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km 2 2005 och 2010. 14 December 2011.
- 2.Gotland Municipality. Gotland i siffror 2015. www.gotland.se.
- 3.Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter. 16. 1979.
- 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.Ministry of Finance. Förordning om district. 17 June 2015.
- 6.Lagerlöf, Erland. Gotlands kyrkor. Rabén & Sjögren. 208–211. 1973. 91-29-41035-5.
- 7.Nationalencyklopedin. Lärbro. www.ne.se.
- 8.Church of Sweden. Församlingar på Gotland. www.svenskakyrkan.se.
- 9.Church of Sweden. Visby stifts indelning 2018. www.svenskakyrkan.se.
- 10.NASA. 10126 Larbro (1993 FW24).
- 11.guteinfo.com. Ganns ödekyrka.
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