Bäl

Bäl
Bäl Church
Bäl
Coordinates: 57°38′41″N 18°37′58″E / 57.64472°N 18.63278°ECoordinates: 57°38′41″N 18°37′58″E / 57.64472°N 18.63278°E
Country	Sweden
Province	Gotland
County	Gotland County
Municipality	Gotland Municipality
Area[1]
• Total	24.87 km^2 (9.60 sq mi)
Population (2014)[2]
• Total	114
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

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

Geography

Bäl is the name of the larger area, Bäl socken, 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]

One of the asteroids in the asteroid belt, 8678 Bäl, is named after this place.^[7]

References

1. Carlquist, Gunnar, ed. (1947–1955). "Bäl 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 2 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 1 June 2016.
5. Lagerlöf, Erland; Svahnström, Gunnar (1973). Gotlands kyrkor [Gotland's Churces] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Rabén & Sjögren. pp. 115–116. ISBN 91-29-41035-5. LIBRIS 7232718.
6. "Bäl". www.ne.se. Nationalencyklopedin. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
7. "8678 Bal (1992 ER6)". NASA. Retrieved 2 June 2016.

External links

• Objects from Bäl at the Digital Museum by Nordic Museum