Fleringe

{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Fleringe

|image_skyline = Hau v%C3%A4stra parten 04.JPG

|image_caption = West part of Hau farm in Fleringe

|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_footnotes = _60.06 km2 is land{{cite book|title=Fleringe socken, Svensk Uppslagsbok|date=1947–1955|publisher=Förlagshuset Norden|location=Malmö|edition=2|url=http://libris.kb.se/bib/11112}}

|area_total_km2 = 69

|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 = 74

|population_density_km2 =

|timezone = CET

|utc_offset = +1

|timezone_DST = CEST

|utc_offset_DST = +2

|coordinates = {{coord|57|52|10.66|N|18|52|37.07|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}

|website =

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Fleringe 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=916&tab=2&page=1 this map] from the Swedish National Heritage Board database. It comprises the same area as the administrative Fleringe 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}}

Community

The name is known since 1304 as Fledynge, the first part flaidh meaning "tear or wound" is figuratively used for "hills" or "wound in the landscape", such "wounds" can be found north and northwest of the church, and the last part inge meaning "inhabitants".{{cite book|last1=Wahlberg|first1=Mats|title=Svenskt ortnamnslexikon|date=2003|publisher=Språk- och folkminnesinstitutet (SOFI)|location=Uppsala|isbn=91-7229-020-X|url=http://libris.kb.se/bib/8998039}} Fleringe is situated on the north coast of the main island, Gotland, west of Fårösund and right by Lake Bästeträsk. Fleringe is mostly forested land.{{cite book|last1=Harlén|first1=Hans|last2=Harlén|first2=Elvy|title=Sverige från A till Ö: geografisk-historisk uppslagsbok.|date=2003|publisher=Kommentus|location=Stockholm|isbn=91-7345-139-8}}{{cite web|title=FörsamlingaR|url=http://www.scb.se/sv_/Hitta-statistik/Regional-statistik-och-kartor/Regionala-indelningar/Forsamlingar/|website=www.scb.se/sv/|publisher=Statistika sentralbyrån|access-date=1 June 2014}}

A number of grave mounds and stone circles from the bronze age can be found at Fleringe.{{cite web|title=Fleringe fornlämningar|url=http://www.fmis.raa.se/cocoon/fornsok/search.html?parish=916&tab=2&page=1|website=www.fmis.raa.se|publisher=Riksantikvarieämbetet|access-date=1 June 2014}} The medieval Fleringe Church is located in Fleringe.{{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=137}} {{As of|2019}}, Fleringe Church belongs to Bunge-Rute-Fleringe parish in Norra Gotlands pastorat, along with the churches in Bunge and Rute .{{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, 9359 Fleringe, is named after this place.[http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=9359+Fleringe JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 9359 Fleringe]

Limestone industry

From 1650, and peaking during the 1920s, the area around Fleringe contained many industries connected to the limestone industry on Gotland. The limestone industry closed down in 1990.{{cite web|last1=Enderborg|first1=Bernt|title=Bästeträsk|url=http://www.guteinfo.com/?id=2163|website=www.guteinfo.com|publisher=Guteinfo|access-date=1 June 2014}} The old lime kiln can still be seen as a part of Bläse lime industry museum along with the old railway.{{cite web|last1=Enderborg|first1=Bernt|title=Bläse kalkbruksmuseum|url=http://www.guteinfo.com/?id=1355|website=www.guteinfo.com|publisher=Guteinfo|access-date=1 June 2014}} One of the old limestone quarries at Ar in north Fleringe is now filled with water so clear and blue it has been named the Blue Lagoon. It is a popular destination for people on the island.{{cite web|last1=Enderborg|first1=Bernt|title=Blå Lagunen|url=http://www.guteinfo.com/?id=2161|website=www.guteinfo.com|publisher=Guteinfo|access-date=1 June 2014}}

Lakes and research

The Lake Bästeträsk is the largest lake on Gotland. The water is very clear and shallow, with an average depth of {{convert|4.5|m|ft|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|title=Gotland i siffror 2013, pdf ("Gotland in numbers 2013")|url=http://www.gotland.se/64224|website=www.gotland.se|publisher=Region Gotland|page=4|access-date=1 June 2014|archive-date=30 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130042935/http://gotland.se/64224|url-status=dead}}

The long, flat stone beaches at Ar in north Fleringe makes this an ideal location for weather and fishing research. There are two research stations at Ar, Fårösund väderstation and Fiskforskningsstationen connected to Campus Gotland and Uppsala University.{{cite web|title=Forskningsstationen Ar, Campus Gotland|url=http://space.hgo.se/ar/|website=www.hgo.se|publisher=Uppsala Universitet|access-date=1 June 2014}} Sometimes these stations also hosts ornithological research.{{cite web|last1=Bygren|first1=Per G|title=Utökad utrustning och forskning och tvärvetenskapliga studier via Fårösunds väderstation På Ar.|url=http://kundo.se/org/smhi/d/utokad-utrustning-och-forskning-och-tvarvetenskapl/|website=kundo.se|publisher=SMHI|access-date=1 June 2014}}