Ganthem
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Ganthem
|image_skyline = Ganthems kyrka Gotland Sverige 6.jpg
|image_caption = Ganthem 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 = 23.32
|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=7 August 2016|archive-date=30 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130042935/http://gotland.se/64224|url-status=dead}}
|population_total = 108
|population_density_km2 =
|timezone = CET
|utc_offset = +1
|timezone_DST = CEST
|utc_offset_DST = +2
|coordinates = {{coord|57|30|52|N|18|34|54|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}
|website =
}}
Ganthem 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=922&tab=2&page=1 this map] from the Swedish National Heritage Board database. It comprises the same area as the administrative Ganthem 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=7 August 2016}}
Geography
Ganthem is situated in the central east part of Gotland.{{cite web|title=Ganthem|url=http://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/lång/ganthem|website=www.ne.se|publisher=Nationalencyklopedin|access-date=5 August 2016}} The medieval Ganthem 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=147–148}} {{As of|2019}}, Ganthem Church belongs to Dalhem parish in Romaklosters pastorat, along with the churches in Dalhem, Hörsne and Ekeby.{{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}}
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Ganthem}}
- [http://digitaltmuseum.se/search?query=Ganthem%20socken%20gotlands Objects from Ganthem at the Digital Museum] by Nordic Museum
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Category:Populated places in Gotland County
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