Rone, Gotland

Coordinates: 57°12′32″N 18°26′28″E / 57.20889°N 18.44111°E / 57.20889; 18.44111
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Rone
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Websitewww.rone.nu

Rone (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈrûːnɛ])[3] is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland.[4] It comprises the same area as the administrative Rone District, established on 1 January 2016.[5]

Geography

Rone is the name of the socken as well as the district. It is also the name of the small village surrounding the medieval Rone Church,[6] sometimes referred to as Rone kyrkby. It is situated in the southeast part of Gotland.[7] The village and harbor Ronehamn is on the southeast coast of Rone.[8]

As of 2019, Rone Church belongs to Alva-Hemse-Rone

pastorat, along with the churches in Alva and Hemse.[9][10]

One of the

named after this place.[11]

History

There are several

named after these cairns.[14][15]

Rojr, roir and rör are Gutnish words for cairn.

References

  1. ^ Carlquist, Gunnar, ed. (1947–1955). Svensk Uppslagsbok (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Malmö: Förlagshuset Norden. p. Rone socken.
  2. Gotland Municipality
    . Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  3. ^ Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 20.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Förordning om district" [Regulation of districts] (PDF). Ministry of Finance. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  6. SELIBR 7232718
    .
  7. ^ "Rone". www.ne.se. Nationalencyklopedin. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  8. ^ Henriksson, Greta (13 August 2014). "Rone, Kulturmiljöprogram Gotland". www.gotland.se. Gotland County Administrative Board. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  9. ^ "Församlingar på Gotland". www.svenskakyrkan.se. Church of Sweden. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  10. ^ "Visby stifts indelning 2018". www.svenskakyrkan.se. Church of Sweden. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  11. ^ "8680 Rone (1992 EJ9)". NASA. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  12. ^ Enderborg, Bernt. "Uggarde rojr". www.guteinfo.com. Guteinfo. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  13. ^ Enderborg, Bernt. "Lejstu rojr". www.guteinfo.com. Guteinfo. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  14. ^ "10807 Uggarde (1993 FT4)". NASA. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  15. ^ "10810 Lejsturojr (1993 FL15)". NASA. Retrieved 6 June 2016.

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