Slite

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official_nameSlite
image_skylineSliteRAÄ.jpg
image_caption1980 aerial view of Slite
pushpin_mapSweden Gotland
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameSweden
subdivision_type3Municipality
subdivision_name3Gotland Municipality
subdivision_type2County
subdivision_name2Gotland County
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Gotland
area_footnotes
area_total_km22.51
population_as_of31 December 2014
population_footnotes
population_total1,500
timezoneCET
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Geography

Slite is situated on the northern east coast of Gotland. The town is divided by the Sjuströmmar inlet, connecting Bogevik bay with the Baltic Sea. The north, and main part, of the town is situated in Othem socken and the part south of Sjuströmmar is in Boge socken.

Outside Slite is a small archipelago called Slite skärgård. The largest island is Asunden with its protected stack area. Close to the south tip of Asunden is the smaller Grunnet island. The island closest to Sjuströmmar is Enholmen where Karlsvärd Fortress is situated.

High on a cliff in the north part of Slite is the modern Slite Church built in 1959–60. It is designed by Danish architect Holger Jensen. , Slite Church belongs to Othem-Boge parish in Norra Gotlands pastorat, along with the churches in Othem and Boge.

History

For a long time Slite was an important place for trade and business; nowadays tourism is an important source of income along with the stone and gravel industry, producing concrete from raw material of limestone from nearby quarries. The landscape outside Slite is dominated by the Heidelberg Materials Cement Sverige AB limestone quarry https://www.cement.heidelbergmaterials.se/sv/slite.

In 1902–1953, Slite was connected to Roma by the 33 km Slite-Roma railway.

Events

The annual Slite Market is the first of the major autumn markets on Gotland. There are five official markets held on the island in August–October: Slite, Havdhem, Kräklingbo, Klintehamn and Hemse, each usually spanning a weekend.

References

References

  1. (14 December 2011). "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010". [[Statistics Sweden]].
  2. "Gotland i siffror 2015". [[Gotland Municipality]].
  3. "Sju strömmar". Guteinfo.
  4. "Slite". [[Swedish National Heritage Board]].
  5. "Förstudie kring miljöeffekter av modifiering av en vägbank i Slite skärgård". [[Gotland County]] Administrative Board.
  6. "Asunden". [[Gotland County]] Administrative Board.
  7. "Asunden och öarna utanför Slite". Guteinfo.
  8. "Enholmen". Guteinfo.
  9. (1910). "Karlsvärd". Nordisk familjeboks förl..
  10. "Slite Kyrka". Guteinfo.
  11. "Församlingar på Gotland". [[Church of Sweden]].
  12. "Visby stifts indelning 2018". [[Church of Sweden]].
  13. "Slite- Roma 1902, 33 km". Gotland Train Association.
  14. (16 August 2009). "Marknadshösten inleds i Slite". Gotlands Media AB.
  15. (22 May 2017). "Marknader". [[Gotland County]] Administrative Board.

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