Gerum
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Gerum
|image_skyline = Gerum kyrka Gotland.jpg
|image_caption = Gerum 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 = 13.57
|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=13 August 2016|archive-date=30 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130042935/http://gotland.se/64224|url-status=dead}}
|population_total = 66
|population_density_km2 =
|timezone = CET
|utc_offset = +1
|timezone_DST = CEST
|utc_offset_DST = +2
|coordinates = {{coord|57|17|40|N|18|19|46|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}
|website =
}}
Gerum 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=924&tab=2&page=1 this map] from the Swedish National Heritage Board database. It comprises the same area as the administrative Gerum 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=13 August 2016}}
Geography
Gerum is situated in the south central part of Gotland.{{cite web|title=Gerum|url=http://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/lång/gerum|website=www.ne.se|publisher=Nationalencyklopedin|access-date=13 August 2016}} The medieval Gerum Church is located in the socken.{{cite web|last1=Henriksson|first1=Greta|title=Gerum kyrka|url=http://www.gotland.se/79189|website=www.gotland.se|date=13 September 2014|publisher=Gotland Municipality|access-date=13 August 2016}} {{As of|2019}}, Gerum Church belongs to Gerum parish in Fardhems pastorat.{{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}}
In the south part of Gerum is the {{convert|15|ha|acre|abbr=on}} Sandarve Kulle nature reserve. The reserve was established in 1984, and comprises a large limestone cliff rising about {{convert|20|-|30|m|ft|abbr=on}} over the surrounding landscape. Its highest point is at an elevation of {{convert|60|m|ft|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|title=Sandarve kulle|url=http://www.lansstyrelsen.se/Gotland/Sv/djur-och-natur/skyddad-natur/naturreservat/sandarve-kulle/Pages/index.aspx|website=www.lansstyrelsen.se|publisher=Gotland County Administrative Board|access-date=13 August 2016}}
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Gerum}}
- [http://digitaltmuseum.se/search?query=Gerum%20socken%20gotlands Objects from Gerum at the Digital Museum] by Nordic Museum
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Category:Populated places in Gotland County
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