Gammelgarn

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{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Gammelgarn

|image_skyline = Bryggor och hamn vid Sjauster fiskeläger.jpg

|image_caption = Sjauster in Gammelgarn

|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 = {{cite book|editor=Carlquist, Gunnar|title=Svensk Uppslagsbok|date=1947–1955|publisher=Förlagshuset Norden|location=Malmö|edition=2nd|chapter=Gammelgarn socken|language=sv|url=http://libris.kb.se/bib/11112}}

|area_total_km2 = 38.20

|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=5 August 2016|archive-date=30 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130042935/http://gotland.se/64224|url-status=dead}}

|population_total = 187

|population_density_km2 =

|timezone = CET

|utc_offset = +1

|timezone_DST = CEST

|utc_offset_DST = +2

|coordinates = {{coord|57|24|16|N|18|48|16|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}

|website =

}}

Gammelgarn 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=921&tab=2&page=1 this map] from the Swedish National Heritage Board database. It comprises the same area as the administrative Gammelgarn 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=5 August 2016}}

Geography

Gammelgarn is situated in the central east part of Gotland.{{cite web|title=Gammelgarn|url=http://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/lång/gammelgarn|website=www.ne.se|publisher=Nationalencyklopedin|access-date=5 August 2016}} The medieval Gammelgarn 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=145–146}} On the south shore of Gammelgarn are the fishing villages of Grynge and Sjauster (or Sjaustru), the latter with a long sandy beach.{{cite web|title=Sjauster|url=http://www.gotland.net/plats/sjauster|website=www.gotland.net|publisher=Gotlands Media AB|access-date=5 August 2016}}{{cite web|title=Grynge|url=http://www.gotland.net/plats/grynge|website=www.gotland.net|publisher=Gotlands Media AB|access-date=5 August 2016}}

{{As of|2019}}, Gammelgarn Church belongs to Östergarn parish in Romaklosters pastorat, along with the churches in Östergarn,

Kräklingbo, Anga and Ala.{{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}}

See also

References

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