Country Sweden Time zone CET (UTC+1) Population 963 (31 Dec 2014) | Area 117 ha Municipality Gotland Municipality | |
Weather 6°C, Wind W at 24 km/h, 63% Humidity | ||
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Lärbro is a locality on the Swedish island of Gotland, with 963 inhabitants in 2014. Formerly a socken, on 1 January 2016, it was reconstituted into the administrative area Lärbro District.
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Geography
Lärbro is the name of the socken, now district. It is also the name of the larger locality within the district and the small village surrounding the medieval Lärbro Church, sometimes referred to as Lärbro kyrkby. It is located in the north part of Gotland, approximately 8 km (5.0 mi) north of Slite.
One of the asteroids in the asteroid belt, 10126 Lärbro, is named after this place.
History
In 1921–60, Lärbro had a railway connection with Visby. The locality's main source of income is tourism.
References
Lärbro Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA