Buttle, Gotland
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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Buttle
|image_skyline = Änge.jpg
|image_caption = Änge picture stones in Buttle
|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 = 31.07
|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=1 July 2016|archive-date=30 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130042935/http://gotland.se/64224|url-status=dead}}
|population_total = 90
|population_density_km2 =
|timezone = CET
|utc_offset = +1
|timezone_DST = CEST
|utc_offset_DST = +2
|coordinates = {{coord|57|24|9|N|18|31|47|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}
|website =
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Buttle 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=905&tab=2&page=1 this map] from the Swedish National Heritage Board database. It comprises the same area as the administrative Buttle 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 July 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
Buttle is situated in the central part of Gotland.{{cite web|title=Buttle|url=http://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/lång/buttle|website=www.ne.se|publisher=Nationalencyklopedin|access-date=1 July 2016}} The medieval Buttle Church is located in the socken.{{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=113–115}} {{As of|2019}}, Buttle Church belongs to Vänge parish in Romaklosters pastorat, along with the churches in Vänge, Guldrupe, Sjonhem, Viklau and Halla.{{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}}
{{As of|2016}}, Buttle is best known for holding the record for both the lowest and highest temperature on Gotland. The highest temperature, {{convert|35.2|°C|°F}}, was recorded on 8 August 1975 and the lowest, {{convert|-32.8|°C|°F}}, on 9 February 1966.{{cite web|last1=Vedin|first1=Haldo|title=Gotlands klimat|url=http://www.smhi.se/sgn0102/n0205/artikelserier/s10_dec03.pdf|website=www.smhi.se|publisher=Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute|access-date=1 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813214547/http://www.smhi.se/sgn0102/n0205/artikelserier/s10_dec03.pdf|archive-date=13 August 2016|url-status=dead}}
History
Two of the few picture stones left in their original places on Gotland, are located at Änge in Buttle. Most other stones have been used as building material in local churches or moved to various museums.{{cite web|last1=Enderborg|first1=Bernt|title=Änges bildstenar|url=http://www.guteinfo.com/?id=3220|website=www.guteinfo.com|publisher=Guteinfo|access-date=1 July 2016}} At {{convert|3.85|m|ft|abbr=on}}, the larger of the two is also the tallest known picture stone on the island.{{cite web|title=RAÄ-nummer Buttle 42:1|url=http://www.fmis.raa.se/cocoon/fornsok/search.html?tab=3&page=1&objektid=10090500420001|website=www.raa.se|publisher=Swedish National Heritage Board|access-date=1 July 2016}}{{cite web|last1=Henriksson|first1=Greta|title=Fornminnen Buttle|url=http://www.gotland.se/80819|date=11 January 2015|website=www.gotland.se|publisher=Gotland Municipality|access-date=1 July 2016}}
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Buttle}}
- [http://digitaltmuseum.se/search?query=Buttle%20socken%20gotlands Objects from Buttle at the Digital Museum] by Nordic Museum
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Category:Populated places in Gotland County
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