Roma
Romakloster Råmme (Gutnish) | |
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_(2717361785).jpg) The old sugar refinery in Roma | |
  Roma Location of Romakloster on Gotland | |
| Coordinates: 57°30′19.7″N 18°27′14.6″E / 57.505472°N 18.454056°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Gotland |
| County | Gotland County |
| Municipality | Gotland Municipality |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.26 km2 (0.49 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2014)[2] | |
| • Total | 936 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Roma (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈrûːma]),[3] also by proxy referred to as Romakloster, is a locality on the Swedish island of Gotland, with 936 inhabitants in 2014.[2]
Roma is also the name of the larger populated area, socken (not to be confused with parish).[4] It comprises the same area as the administrative Roma District, established on 1 January 2016.[5]
Roma Abbey, a ruined medieval monastery and crown estate manor, lies in Roma.[6]
- ^ "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ a b "Gotland i siffror 2015" [Gotland in numbers 2015]. www.gotland.se. Gotland Municipality. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 20.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Lagerlöf, Erland; Svahnström, Gunnar (1973). Gotlands kyrkor [Gotland's Churches] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Rabén & Sjögren. pp. 221–223. ISBN 91-29-41035-5. SELIBR 7232718.