Roma, Gotland

Romakloster

Ruins of Roma Abbey
Romakloster

Location of Romakloster on Gotland

Coordinates: 57°30′19.7″N 18°27′14.6″E / 57.505472°N 18.454056°E / 57.505472; 18.454056Coordinates: 57°30′19.7″N 18°27′14.6″E / 57.505472°N 18.454056°E / 57.505472; 18.454056
Country Sweden
Province Gotland
County Gotland County
Municipality Gotland Municipality
Area[1]
 • Total 1.26 km2 (0.49 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2010)[1]
 • Total 913
 • Density 727/km2 (1,880/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Roma (also referred to as Romakloster) is a locality (Swedish tätort) situated in Gotland Municipality, Gotland County, Sweden with 913 inhabitants in 2010.[1]

Roma Abbey, a ruined medieval monastery and crown estate manor, lies in Roma.

History

In 1995 the locality known as Roma was divided by Statistics Sweden into a part with the tentative name of "Roma kyrkby" or "Lövsta" (pop. 277) and the remaining part that retained the name "Roma" (pop. 913), but is using "Romakloster" as the postal address.[2] Some confusion is caused by the fact that Lövsta/Roma kyrkby has been referred to as "Roma" in the statistical figures since 2000.[lower-alpha 1]

Railways

Roma got a railway connection to Visby in 1878 and was from 1902 the island's main railway hub as a junction for its two main railways. Both lines used the Swedish three-foot narrow gauge (891 mm). The railways were closed in 1953 and 1960 respectively. In 2015, however, the heritage railway Gotlands Hesselby Jernväg was extended to Roma, which thus regained access to rail traffic.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Cf. the population figures from 1995 for Roma kyrkby/Roma (277 people) and Romakloster (902) given in Tätorter 1995, p. 30, and Tätorter 2000, p. 27.[3] [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  2. ↑ Tätorter 1995, p. 30 (population; see footnote for the tentative character of the names), 62 (list of new localities since 1990)
  3. ↑ "Tätorter 1995, Statistiska meddelanden" (PDF). Be. Stockholm: SCB, Programmet för regional planering och naturresurser, Beställningsnummer Be 16 SM 9601. 1996.
  4. ↑ "Tätorter 2000, Sveriges Officiella statistik. Statistiska meddelanden, MI 38 SM 0101" (PDF). MI. Stockholm: SCB. 2002.
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