Rute, Gotland

Rute
Rute
	The old factory on Furillen in Rute
	Rute
	Coordinates: 57°50′1″N 18°55′24″E / 57.83361°N 18.92333°E
Country	Sweden
Province	Gotland
County	Gotland County
Municipality	Gotland Municipality
Area
• Total	64.45 km2 (24.88 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Rute is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland.^[3] It comprises the same area as the administrative Rute District, established on 1 January 2016.^[4]

Geography

Rute is situated on the northeast coast of Gotland.^[5] Rute comprises several of the smaller islands off the coast of Gotland, such as Furillen and Skenholmen. Along the coastline are Valleviken harbor and beach as well as Lergrav fishing village. Inland is the north part of Lake Fardume (Fardume träsk), at 3.5 km² (1.4 sq mi) it is the third largest lake on Gotland after Lake Bästeträsk and Lake Tingstäde.^[6] The medieval Rute Church is located in Rute.^[7]

As of 2019^[update], Rute Church belongs to Bunge-Rute-Fleringe parish in Norra Gotlands pastorat, along with the churches in Bunge and Fleringe.^[8]^[9]

One of the asteroids in the asteroid belt, 10106 Lergrav, is named after Lergrav in Rute.^[10]

References

^ Carlquist, Gunnar, ed. (1947–1955). "Rute socken". Svensk Uppslagsbok (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Malmö: Förlagshuset Norden.
^ "Gotland i siffror 2015" [Gotland in numbers 2015]. www.gotland.se. Gotland Municipality. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
^ 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 23 June 2016.
^ "Rute". www.ne.se. Nationalencyklopedin. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
^ Enderborg, Bernt. "Rute socken". www.guteinfo.com. Guteinfo. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
^ Jacobsson, Britta; Johansson, Eva; Johansson, Per; Andersson, Rolf (1990). Våra kyrkor [Our churches] (in Swedish). Västervik: Klarkullens förlag AB. p. 675. ISBN 91-971561-0-8. SELIBR 7794694.
^ "Församlingar på Gotland". www.svenskakyrkan.se. Church of Sweden. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
^ "Visby stifts indelning 2018". www.svenskakyrkan.se. Church of Sweden. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
^ "10106 Lergrav (1992 EV15)". NASA. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

External links

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Objects from Rute at the Digital Museum by Nordic Museum

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[1] Carlquist, Gunnar, ed. (1947–1955). "Rute socken". Svensk Uppslagsbok (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Malmö: Förlagshuset Norden.

[numbers-2] "Gotland i siffror 2015" [Gotland in numbers 2015]. www.gotland.se. Gotland Municipality. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

[3] 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.

[4] "Förordning om district" [Regulation of districts] (PDF). Ministry of Finance. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

[ne-5] "Rute". www.ne.se. Nationalencyklopedin. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

[6] Enderborg, Bernt. "Rute socken". www.guteinfo.com. Guteinfo. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

[7] Jacobsson, Britta; Johansson, Eva; Johansson, Per; Andersson, Rolf (1990). Våra kyrkor [Our churches] (in Swedish). Västervik: Klarkullens förlag AB. p. 675. ISBN 91-971561-0-8. SELIBR 7794694.

[8] "Församlingar på Gotland". www.svenskakyrkan.se. Church of Sweden. Retrieved 11 January 2019.

[9] "Visby stifts indelning 2018". www.svenskakyrkan.se. Church of Sweden. Retrieved 11 January 2019.

[10] "10106 Lergrav (1992 EV15)". NASA. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

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