Country Sweden Time zone CET (UTC+1) Area 45.6 km² | Website www.rone.nu Province Gotland | |
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Rone is a settlement on the Swedish island of Gotland. Formerly a socken, on 1 January 2016, it was reconstituted into the administrative area Rone District.
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Map of 623 47 Rone, Sweden
Geography
Rone is the name of the socken, now district. It is also the name of the small village surrounding the medieval Rone Church, sometimes referred to as Rone kyrkby. It is situated in the southeast part of Gotland. The village and harbor Ronehamn is on the southeast coast of Rone.
One of the asteroids in the asteroid belt, 8680 Rone, is named after this place.
History
There are several Bronze Age cairns in Rone, including Uggarde rojr, the largest cairn on Gotland. Another one is Lejstu rojr, which is also an area of cairns, walls and grave fields. Two of the asteroids in the asteroid belt, 10807 Uggarde and 10810 Lejsturojr, are named after these cairns.
Rojr, roir and rör are Gutnish words for cairn.