Stånga
Stånga is a locality on the Swedish island of Gotland, with 491 inhabitants in 2014. Stånga is also the name of the larger populated area, socken. It comprises the same area as the administrative Stånga District, established on 1 January 2016.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Bernt Fransson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stånga Church and Lye Church.
Stånga Church
Church
Photo: Bernt Fransson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stånga Church is a medieval church in Stånga on the Swedish island of Gotland. The site of the church has probably been considered sacred since before the Christianization of Scandinavia.
Lye Church
Church
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Lye Church is a medieval church on Gotland, Sweden. The oldest parts of the church date from the last quarter of the 12th century, and the last major addition was the disproportionately large chancel, built during the second quarter of the 14th century by a workshop known by its notname as Egypticus. Lye Church is situated 4 km northeast of Stånga.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Southern Gotland and När.
Southern Gotland
Photo: Schorle, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The southern part of Gotland includes towns such as Hemse, Ljugarn and Burgsvik. It's a quiet region, with scenic beaches and some of the most famous rauks.
När
Village
Photo: Karl Brodowsky, CC BY-SA 3.0.
När is a village, which is situated 10 km east of Stånga.
Stånga
- Type: Village with 317 residents
- Description: urban area in Gotland Municipality, Sweden
- Categories: urban area in Sweden and locality
- Location: Gotland Municipality, Gotland County, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
57.28145° or 57° 16′ 53″ northLongitude
18.47143° or 18° 28′ 17″ eastPopulation
317Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)Open location code
9F9W7FJC+HHOpenStreetMap ID
node 282874035OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2674520Wikidata ID
Q2121212
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Stånga” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Стонга”
- Cebuano: “Stånga”
- Chinese: “Stånga”
- Danish: “Stånga”
- Dutch: “Stanga”
- Dutch: “Stånga”
- Finnish: “Stånga”
- French: “Stånga”
- Galician: “Stånga”
- German: “Stånga”
- Irish: “Stånga”
- Italian: “Stånga”
- Ladin: “Stånga”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Stånga”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Stånga”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Stånga”
- Norwegian: “Stånga”
- Polish: “Stånga”
- Swedish: “Stånga”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Stånga”. Photo: Bernt Fransson, CC BY-SA 3.0.