Hangvar () is a populated area, a ''

socken Socken ( or ) is the name used for a part of a counties of Sweden, county in Sweden. In Denmark, similar areas are known as , in Norway or and in Finland or . A is a rural area formed around a church, typically in the Middle Ages. A socken ...

'' (not to be confused with

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish pries ...

), on the Swedish island of

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. It comprises the same area as the administrative Hangvar District, established on 1January 2016. Hangvar is the home of

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club Hangvar SK.

Geography

Hangvar is the name of the socken as well as the district. It is also the name of the small village surrounding the

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Hangvar Church, sometimes referred to as ''Hangvar kyrkby''. It is situated across the northern tip of Gotland. , Hangvar Church belongs to Forsa

in Norra Gotlands

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, along with the churches in

Lärbro Lärbro () is a locality on the Swedish island of Gotland, with 963 inhabitants in 2014. Lärbro is also the name of the larger populated area, ''socken'' (not to be confused with parish). It comprises the same area as the administrative Lärbr ...

, Hellvi,

Hall In architecture, a hall is a relatively large space enclosed by a roof and walls. In the Iron Age and the Early Middle Ages in northern Europe, a mead hall was where a lord and his retainers ate and also slept. Later in the Middle Ages, the gre ...

and

Hallshuk Hall is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland. It comprises the same area as the administrative Hall District, established on 1January 2016. Geography Hall is situated on the north coast ...

. Located on the west coast of Hangvar are the Sigsarve beach and fishing site, as well as

Ireviken Irevik (also known as Ireviken or Ihreviken ) in Hangvar ''socken'' north of Visby, is a more than section of the Swedish island Gotland's coastline. History There are several settlements from Stone and Bronze Ages. There are also remains ...

(or Irevik or Ihreviken), a former

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now a small holiday resort and community. Along the west coast of Hangvar is the Hall-Hangvar

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. The reserve is the largest on Gotland, covering an area of . The reserve was established in 1967 and expanded in 1999.

References

External links

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Objects from Hangvar at the Digital Museum
by

Nordic Museum The Nordic Museum () is a museum located on Djurgården, an island in central Stockholm, Sweden, dedicated to the cultural history and ethnography of Sweden from the early modern period (in Swedish history, it is said to begin in 1520) to the ...

Populated places in Gotland County {{Gotland-geo-stub