Slite
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Slite
|image_skyline = SliteRAÄ.jpg
|image_caption = 1980 aerial view of Slite
|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 web |url=http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010 |date=14 December 2011 |publisher=Statistics Sweden |language=Swedish |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |archivedate=27 January 2012 |url-status=live |accessdate=10 January 2012 }}
|area_total_km2 = 2.51
|population_as_of = 31 December 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|accessdate=25 May 2016}}
|population_total = 1,500
|population_density_km2 =
|timezone = CET
|utc_offset = +1
|timezone_DST = CEST
|utc_offset_DST = +2
|coordinates = {{coord|57|43|N|18|48|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}
|website = {{url|http://www.slite.nu/}}
}}
Slite is a locality situated in Gotland Municipality, Gotland County, on the island of Gotland, Sweden with 1,500 inhabitants in 2014.
Geography
Slite is situated on the northern east coast of Gotland. The town is divided by the Sjuströmmar inlet, connecting Bogevik bay with the Baltic Sea.{{cite web |last1=Enderborg |first1=Bernt |title=Sju strömmar |url=http://www.guteinfo.com/?id=3141 |website=www.guteinfo.com |publisher=Guteinfo |accessdate=11 January 2019}} The north, and main part, of the town is situated in Othem socken and the part south of Sjuströmmar is in Boge socken.{{cite web |title=Slite |url=http://www.fmis.raa.se/cocoon/fornsok/search.html |website=www.fmis.raa.se |publisher=Swedish National Heritage Board |accessdate=11 January 2019}}
Outside Slite is a small archipelago called Slite skärgård.{{cite web |title=Förstudie kring miljöeffekter av modifiering av en vägbank i Slite skärgård |url=https://www.lansstyrelsen.se/gotland/tjanster/publikationer/forstudie-kring-miljoeffekter-av-modifiering-av-en-vagbank-i-slite-skargard.html |website=www.lansstyrelsen.se |publisher=Gotland County Administrative Board |accessdate=11 January 2019}} The largest island is Asunden with its protected stack area. Close to the south tip of Asunden is the smaller Grunnet island. The island closest to Sjuströmmar is Enholmen where Karlsvärd Fortress is situated.{{cite web |title=Asunden |url=https://www.lansstyrelsen.se/gotland/besok-och-upptack/naturreservat/asunden.html |website=www.lansstyrelsen.se |publisher=Gotland County Administrative Board |accessdate=11 January 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Enderborg |first1=Bernt |title=Asunden och öarna utanför Slite |url=http://www.guteinfo.com/?id=2379 |website=www.guteinfo.com |publisher=Guteinfo |accessdate=11 January 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Enderborg |first1=Bernt |title=Enholmen |url=http://www.guteinfo.com/?id=2034 |website=www.guteinfo.com |publisher=Guteinfo |accessdate=11 January 2019}}{{cite encyclopedia | title =Karlsvärd | encyclopedia =Nordisk familjebok–Uggleupplagan |editor1=Westrin Theodor | year =1910 | publisher =Nordisk familjeboks förl. | url=https://runeberg.org/nfbm/0581.html | pp=1105–1106 | location =Stockholm | language=Swedish}}
High on a cliff in the north part of Slite is the modern Slite Church built in 1959–60. It is designed by Danish architect Holger Jensen.{{cite web |last1=Enderborg |first1=Bernt |title=Slite Kyrka |url=http://www.guteinfo.com/?id=224 |website=www.guteinfo.com |publisher=Guteinfo |accessdate=11 January 2019}} {{As of|2019}}, Slite Church belongs to Othem-Boge parish in Norra Gotlands pastorat, along with the churches in Othem and Boge.{{cite web |title=Församlingar på Gotland |url=https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/visbystift/f |website=www.svenskakyrkan.se |publisher=Church of Sweden |accessdate=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 |accessdate=11 January 2019}}
History
For a long time Slite was an important place for trade and business; nowadays tourism is an important source of income along with the stone and gravel industry, producing concrete from raw material of limestone from nearby quarries. The landscape outside Slite is dominated by the Heidelberg Materials Cement Sverige AB limestone quarry [https://www.cement.heidelbergmaterials.se/sv/slite].
In 1902–1953, Slite was connected to Roma by the {{convert|33|km|mi|abbr=on}} Slite-Roma railway.{{cite web|last1=Svensson|first1=Anders|title=Slite- Roma 1902, 33 km|url=http://www.gotlandstaget.se/historia/slrj.htm|website=www.gotlandstaget.se|publisher=Gotland Train Association|accessdate=26 May 2016}}
Events
The annual Slite Market is the first of the major autumn markets on Gotland. There are five official markets held on the island in August–October: Slite, Havdhem, Kräklingbo, Klintehamn and Hemse, each usually spanning a weekend.{{cite web |title=Marknadshösten inleds i Slite |url=https://www.gotland.net/sv/shopping/arkiv/marknadshosten-inleds-i-slite |website=www.gotland.net |date=16 August 2009|publisher=Gotlands Media AB |accessdate=8 January 2019}}{{cite web |last1=James |first1=Maria |title=Marknader |url=https://gotland.se/KMP/Marknader |website=www.gotland.se |date=22 May 2017|publisher=Gotland County Administrative Board |accessdate=8 January 2019}}
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Slite}}
{{Gotland County}}
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