Burs

Burs is a populated area, a socken, on the Swedish island of . It comprises the same area as the administrative Burs District, established on 1 January 2016. As of 2015, Gustaf Edman from Burs was probably Sweden's tallest man.
Wikipedia
Photo: Karl Brodowsky, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Locality
  • …lies at an elevation of 20 metres (66 feet)
  • Description: socken in Gotland, Sweden, comprising the same area as the district
  • Also known as
    “Burs socken”
    “Burs, Gotland”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Burs Church.

Church
Photo: Karl Brodowsky, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a medieval church in Burs on the Swedish island of .

Burs

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Latitude
57.2351° or 57° 14′ 6″ north
Longitude
18.5275° or 18° 31′ 39″ east
Open location code
9F9W6GPG+2X
Geo­Names ID
8126350
Wiki­data ID
Q10437944

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Burs” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Burs socken”
  • Danish: “Burs sogn”
  • Finnish: “Bur”
  • Finnish: “Burin pitäjä”
  • Finnish: “Burs socken”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Burs Kàu-khu”
  • Swedish: “Burs socken”

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