Bäl
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Bäl
|image_skyline = Gotland-Bäl kyrka Außen.jpg
|image_caption = Bäl Church
|pushpin_map = Sweden Gotland
|pushpin_label_position =
|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 = 24.87
|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=2 June 2016|archive-date=30 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130042935/http://gotland.se/64224|url-status=dead}}
|population_total = 114
|population_density_km2 =
|timezone = CET
|utc_offset = +1
|timezone_DST = CEST
|utc_offset_DST = +2
|coordinates = {{coord|57|38|41|N|18|37|58|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}
|website =
}}
Bäl 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=906&tab=2&page=1 this map] from the Swedish National Heritage Board database. It comprises the same area as the administrative Bäl 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=1 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}}
Geography
Bäl is the name of the larger area, Bäl socken as well as the Bäl district, surrounding the small village of Gute where the medieval Bäl Church,{{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=115–116}} is located. Gute is sometimes referred to as Bäl, Bäl kyrkby or Bäls kyrkby Gute. It is situated in the northeast part of Gotland.{{cite web|title=Bäl|url=http://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/lång/bäl|website=www.ne.se|publisher=Nationalencyklopedin|access-date=2 June 2016}}
{{As of|2019}}, Bäl Church belongs to Väskinde parish in Norra Gotlands pastorat, along with the churches in Väskinde, Fole, Lokrume, Hejnum and
Bro.{{cite web |title=Församlingar på Gotland |url=https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/visbystift/f |website=www.svenskakyrkan.se |publisher=Church of Sweden |access-date=11 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=11 January 2019}}
One of the asteroids in the asteroid belt, 8678 Bäl, is named after this place.{{cite web|title=8678 Bal (1992 ER6)|url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=8678|publisher=NASA|access-date=2 June 2016}}
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Bäl}}
- [http://digitaltmuseum.se/search?query=B%C3%A4l%20socken%20gotlands Objects from Bäl at the Digital Museum] by Nordic Museum
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Category:Populated places in Gotland County
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