Ardre, Gotland
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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Ardre
|image_skyline = Folhammar (6).JPG
|image_caption = Sea stacks at Folhammar in Ardre
|pushpin_map = Sweden Gotland
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|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 = 38.73
|population_as_of = 2014
|population_footnotes = {{cite web|title=Gotland i siffror 2015|trans-title=Gotland in numbers 2015|url=http://www.gotland.se/64224|website=www.gotland.se|publisher=Gotland Municipality|access-date=3 June 2016|archive-date=30 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130042935/http://gotland.se/64224|url-status=dead}}
|population_total = 314
|population_density_km2 =
|timezone = CET
|utc_offset = +1
|timezone_DST = CEST
|utc_offset_DST = +2
|coordinates = {{coord|57|22|46|N|18|41|48|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}
|website =
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Ardre ({{IPA|sv|ˈɑ̂ːɖrɛ}}){{cite book|url=https://runeberg.org/ortnamn/0008.html|author1=Jöran Sahlgren|author2=Gösta Bergman|title=Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter|language=sv|year=1979|page=4}} is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland.The exact extent of the socken, now district, can be obtained by clicking on Kartinställningar and check the Socken box in the menu of [http://www.fmis.raa.se/cocoon/fornsok/search.html?parish=897&tab=2&page=1 this map] from the Swedish National Heritage Board database. It comprises the same area as the administrative Ardre District, established on 1{{nbsp}}January 2016.{{cite web|title=Förordning om district|trans-title=Regulation of districts|url=http://rkrattsdb.gov.se/SFSdoc/15/150493.PDF|date=17 June 2015|publisher=Ministry of Finance|access-date=3 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930041909/http://rkrattsdb.gov.se/SFSdoc/15/150493.PDF|archive-date=30 September 2018|url-status=dead}} It is most noted for the Viking Ardre image stones found under the floor boards of the Ardre Church.{{cite web|title=Ardre kyrka|trans-title=Ardre Church|url=https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/garde/ardre-kyrka|website=www.svenskakyrkan.se|publisher=Church of Sweden|access-date=5 June 2016}}
Geography
Ardre is situated on the central east coast of Gotland,{{cite web|title=Ardre|url=http://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/lång/ardre|website=www.ne.se|publisher=Nationalencyklopedin|access-date=3 June 2016}} with the island's oldest seaside resort Ljugarn as the main locality in the socken.{{cite book|last=Jonsson|first=Marita|title=Vägen till kulturen på Gotland|year=1987|series=Gotländskt arkiv, 0434-2429 ; 59(1987)|publisher=Gotlands fornsal|location=Visby|isbn=91-971048-0-9|id={{LIBRIS|7793296}}}}{{cite web|last1=Enderborg|first1=Bernt|title=Ljugarns hamn|trans-title=Ljugarn harbor|url=http://www.guteinfo.com/?id=1955|website=www.guteinfo.com|publisher=Guteinfo|access-date=3 June 2016}} The medieval Ardre Church is located in Ardre.{{cite book|last1=Lagerlöf|first1=Erland|last2= Svahnström|first2=Gunnar|title=Gotlands kyrkor|trans-title=Gotland's Churches|language=sv|id={{LIBRIS|7232718}}|date=1973|publisher=Rabén & Sjögren|location=Stockholm|isbn=91-29-41035-5|pages=95–97}} {{As of|2019}}, Ardre Church belongs to Garde parish, along with the churches in Garde, Etelhem, Alskog and Lye.{{cite web |title=Församlingar på Gotland |url=https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/visbystift/f |website=www.svenskakyrkan.se |publisher=Church of Sweden |access-date=12 January 2019}}{{cite web |title=Visby stifts indelning 2018 |url=https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/default.aspx?id=1714164 |website=www.svenskakyrkan.se |publisher=Church of Sweden |access-date=12 January 2019}}
One of the asteroids in the asteroid belt, 10130 Ardre, is named after this place.{{cite web|title=10130 Ardre (1993 FJ50)|url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=10130|publisher=NASA|access-date=3 June 2016}}
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Ardre}}
- [http://digitaltmuseum.se/search?query=Ardre%20socken%20gotlands Objects from Ardre at the Digital Museum] by Nordic Museum
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Category:Populated places in Gotland County
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