Bäl

Place in Gotland, Sweden

57°38′41″N 18°37′58″E / 57.64472°N 18.63278°E / 57.64472; 18.63278CountrySwedenProvinceGotlandCountyGotland CountyMunicipalityGotland MunicipalityArea

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• Total24.87 km² (9.60 sq mi)Population

(2014)^[2]

• Total114Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Bäl 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 Bäl District, established on 1 January 2016.^[4]

Geography

Bäl is the name of the larger area, Bäl socken as well as the Bäl district, surrounding the small village of Gute where the medieval Bäl Church,^[5] is located. Gute is sometimes referred to as Bäl, Bäl kyrkby or Bäls kyrkby Gute. It is situated in the northeast part of Gotland.^[6]

As of 2019^[update], Bäl Church belongs to Väskinde parish in Norra Gotlands pastorat, along with the churches in Väskinde, Fole, Lokrume, Hejnum and Bro.^[7]^[8]

One of the asteroids in the asteroid belt, 8678 Bäl, is named after this place.^[9]

References

^ Carlquist, Gunnar, ed. (1947–1955). "Bäl socken". Svensk Uppslagsbok (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Malmö: Förlagshuset Norden.
^ "Gotland i siffror 2015" [Gotland in numbers 2015]. www.gotland.se. Gotland Municipality. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 2 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
^ Lagerlöf, Erland; Svahnström, Gunnar (1973). Gotlands kyrkor [Gotland's Churches] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Rabén & Sjögren. pp. 115–116. ISBN 91-29-41035-5. SELIBR 7232718.
^ "Bäl". www.ne.se. Nationalencyklopedin. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
^ "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.
^ "8678 Bal (1992 ER6)". NASA. Retrieved 2 June 2016.