Fröjel
Fröjel
Fråiel (Gutnish) | |
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 Stone labyrinth at Fröjel Church | |
  Fröjel | |
| Coordinates: 57°20′8″N 18°11′23″E / 57.33556°N 18.18972°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Gotland |
| County | Gotland County |
| Municipality | Gotland Municipality |
| Population (2014)[1] | |
| • Total | 358 |
| • Density | 43/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Fröjel (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈfrœ̂jːɛl])[3] is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland.[4][5] It comprises the same area as the administrative Fröjel District, established on 1 January 2016.[6] In 2014, it had a population of 358.[1]
Geography[edit]
Fröjel is situated on the west coast of Gotland.[7] The medieval Fröjel Church is in Fröjel.[8] As of 2019[update], Fröjel Church belongs to Fröjel parish in Klinte pastorat.[9][10]
One of the asteroids in the main belt, 10127 Fröjel, is named after this place.[11]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Gotland i siffror 2015" [Gotland in numbers 2015]. www.gotland.se. Gotland Municipality. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ "Fröjel socken". Svensk uppslagsbok (2 ed.). Malmö: Förlagshuset Norden. 1947–55. SELIBR 11112.
- ^ Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 8.
- ^ "Fröjel". www.gotland.net. Gotland.net. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- ^ The exact extent of the socken, now district, can be obtained by clicking on Kartinställningar and check the Socken box in the menu of this map from the Swedish National Heritage Board database.
- ^ "Förordning om district" [Regulation of districts] (PDF). Ministry of Finance. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
- ^ "Fröjel". www.ne.se. Nationalencyklopedin. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ Lagerlöf, Erland; Svahnström, Gunnar (1973). Gotlands kyrkor [Gotland's Churches] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Rabén & Sjögren. pp. 143–144. ISBN 91-29-41035-5. SELIBR 7232718.
- ^ "Församlingar på Gotland". www.svenskakyrkan.se. Church of Sweden. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ "Visby stifts indelning 2018". www.svenskakyrkan.se. Church of Sweden. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". NASA. Archived from the original on 19 August 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
External links[edit]
Media related to Fröjel at Wikimedia Commons- Objects from Fröjel at the Digital Museum by Nordic Museum
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