Country Sweden Time zone CET (UTC+1) Population 936 (31 Dec 2014) Province Gotland | County Gotland County Area 126 ha Local time Tuesday 8:51 PM Municipality Gotland Municipality | |
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Roma (also referred to as Romakloster) is a locality on the Swedish island of Gotland, with 936 inhabitants in 2014. Formerly a socken, on 1 January 2016, it was reconstituted into the administrative area Roma District.
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Map of 622 54 Romakloster, Sweden
Roma Abbey, a ruined medieval monastery and crown estate manor, lies in Roma.
Geography
Roma 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 Roma Church, sometimes referred to as Roma kyrkby. It is situated in the central part of Gotland.
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. Some confusion is caused by the fact that Lövsta/Roma kyrkby has been referred to as "Roma" in the statistical figures since 2000.
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. The railway is maintained by the Gotland Train Association.