Akebäck

Akebäck

Akebäck Church
Akebäck
Coordinates: 57°32′50″N 18°23′32″E / 57.54722°N 18.39222°E / 57.54722; 18.39222Coordinates: 57°32′50″N 18°23′32″E / 57.54722°N 18.39222°E / 57.54722; 18.39222
Country Sweden
Province Gotland
County Gotland County
Municipality Gotland Municipality
Area[1]
  Total 10.57 km2 (4.08 sq mi)
Population (2014)[2]
  Total 81
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Website www.hembygd.se/akeback-hembygdsforening/

Akebäck is a settlement on the Swedish island of Gotland. Formerly a socken,[3] on 1 January 2016, it was reconstituted into the administrative area Akebäck District.[4]

Geography

Akebäck is situated in the central part of Gotland.[5] It is the smallest of the Gotland sockens.[6] The medieval Akebäck Church is located in the socken.[7]

One of the asteroids in the asteroid belt, 11533 Akebäck, is named after this place.[8]

References

  1. Carlquist, Gunnar, ed. (1947–1955). "Akebäck socken". Svensk Uppslagsbok (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Malmö: Förlagshuset Norden.
  2. "Gotland i siffror 2015" [Gotland in numbers 2015]. www.gotland.se. Gotland Municipality. Retrieved 1 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 3 June 2016.
  5. "Akebäck". www.ne.se. Nationalencyklopedin. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  6. "Välkommen till Akebäcks hembygdsförening!" [Welcome to Akebäck's Heritage Society]. www.hembygd.se. Sveriges Hembygdsförbund. 19 March 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  7. Lagerlöf, Erland; Svahnström, Gunnar (1973). Gotlands kyrkor [Gotland's Churces] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Rabén & Sjögren. pp. 85–86. ISBN 91-29-41035-5. LIBRIS 7232718.
  8. "11533 Akeback (1992 EG6)". NASA. Retrieved 3 June 2016.

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