Fole (Swedish pronunciation:[ˈfûːlɛ])[2] is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland.[3] It comprises the same area as the administrative Fole District, established on 1January 2016.[4]
Geography
Fole is the name of the socken as well as the district. It is also the name of the small village surrounding the medievalFole Church,[5] sometimes referred to as Fole kyrkby. It is situated in the central northern part of Gotland.[6]
↑The exact extent of the socken, now district, can be obtained by clicking on Kartinställningar and check the Socken box in the menu of this map from the Swedish National Heritage Board database.
Lundmark, Efraim (1929). Kyrkor i Bro ting: konsthistoriskt inventarium. Sveriges kyrkor, 99-0108065-7Sveriges kyrkor; 31. Gotland; 1; 3. Stockholm. SELIBR1490360.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Nylén, Erik (1972). Mellan brons- och järnålder: ett rikt gravfynd och dess datering med konventionell metod och C14. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell. ISBN91-7192-007-2. SELIBR7618554.
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