Rute, Gotland

Rute

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

Rute is a settlement on the Swedish island of Gotland. Formerly a socken,[2] on 1 January 2016, it was reconstituted into the administrative area Rute District.[3]

Geography

Rute is situated on the northeast coast of Gotland.[4] 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 Lake Fardume, at 3.5 km2 (1.4 sq mi) it is the third larges lake on Gotland after Lake Bästeträsk and Lake Tingstäde.[5] The medieval Rute Church is located in the socken.[6]

One of the asteroids in the asteroid belt, 10106 Lergrav, is named after Lergrav in Rute.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Carlquist, Gunnar, ed. (1947–1955). "Rute socken". Svensk Uppslagsbok (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Malmö: Förlagshuset Norden.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "Förordning om district" [Regulation of districts] (PDF). Ministry of Finance. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "Rute". www.ne.se. Nationalencyklopedin. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  5. ↑ Enderborg, Bernt. "Rute socken". www.guteinfo.com. Guteinfo. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  6. ↑ 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. LIBRIS 7794694.
  7. ↑ "10106 Lergrav (1992 EV15)". NASA. Retrieved 23 June 2016.


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