Bro, Gotland
{{Distinguish|Bro, Stockholm}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Bro
|native_name = Bro and Duss
|image_skyline = Gotland-Bro-kyrka 01.jpg
|image_caption = Bro 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
|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=25 May 2016|archive-date=30 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130042935/http://gotland.se/64224|url-status=dead}}
|population_total = 389
|population_density_km2 =
|timezone = CET
|utc_offset = +1
|timezone_DST = CEST
|utc_offset_DST = +2
|coordinates = {{coord|57|40|8|N|18|28|43|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}
|website = {{url|http://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.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=902&tab=2&page=1 this map] from the Swedish National Heritage Board database. It comprises the same area as the administrative Bro 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=24 May 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
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,{{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=104–107}} sometimes referred to as Bro kyrkby. It is situated in the northwest part of Gotland, northeast of Visby.{{cite web|title=Bro|url=http://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/lång/bro-(2)|website=www.ne.se|publisher=Nationalencyklopedin|access-date=27 May 2016}}
{{As of|2019}}, Bro Church belongs to Väskinde parish in Norra Gotlands pastorat, along with the churches in Väskinde, Fole, Lokrume, Hejnum and
Bäl.{{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, 10128 Bro, is named after this place.{{cite web | url = http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=10128 | title = JPL Small-Body Database Browser | access-date = 2008-04-25 | publisher = NASA}}
Gallery
File:Offerkälla, Bro 27 5 3.jpg|Holy spring at Bro.
File:Bro kyrka 1.jpg|Church yard at Bro church.
File:Stenbro, Bro 27 6 2.jpg|Old stone bridge at Bro.
File:Bildstenar Bro.jpg|Picture stones at Bro.
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Bro, Gotland}}
- [http://digitaltmuseum.se/search?query=Bro%20socken%20gotlands Objects from Bro at the Digital Museum] by Nordic Museum
{{Gotland County}}
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Category:Populated places in Gotland County
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