Västerhejde

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Västerhejde
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Västerhejde
Västerhejde
Localization of Gotland in Sweden
State : Sweden
Province  (län): Gotland County
Historical Province (landskap): Gotland
Municipality  : Gotland
Coordinates : 57 ° 35 '  N , 18 ° 13'  E Coordinates: 57 ° 35 '  N , 18 ° 13'  E
SCB code : 2560
Status: Crime scene
Residents : 372 (December 31, 2015)
Area : 0.9 km²
Population density : 413 inhabitants / km²
List of perpetrators in Gotland County
Högklint in Västerhejde

Västerhejde is a place ( Tatort ) on the Swedish Baltic Sea island Gotland in the Gotland County and the historic Gotland Province. The place in the municipality of Gotland is first mentioned in 1327 as a Western speech . The name is from the sky towards the west and the altgutnischen word hajd for heath together. There is a medieval country church in Väterhejde .

Individual evidence

  1. a b Statistiska centralbyrån : Land area per Tatort, folkmängd and invånare per square kilometer. Vart femte år 1960 - 2015 (database query)
  2. Svenskt local dictionary. Språk- och folkminnesinstitutet, Uppsala 2003, ISBN 91-7229-020-X , p. 368.