När
När is a populated area, a socken, on the Swedish island of Gotland, with 413 inhabitants in 2014. It comprises the same area as the administrative När District, established on 1 January 2016. The När Lighthouse is located east of the village on Närsholmen.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: socken in Gotland, Sweden, comprising the same area as the district
- Also known as: “Naer socken” and “När socken”
Places of Interest
Highlights include När Church and Närsholmen.
När Church
Church
Photo: Karl Brodowsky, CC BY-SA 3.0.
När Church is a medieval church on the Swedish island Gotland. It belongs to the Church of Sweden and lies in the Diocese of Visby.
Närsholmen
Nature reserve
Photo: Benjamin Håkansson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Närsholmen is a peninsula and a nature reserve on the southeast coast of Gotland, Sweden, adjacent the village of När. The landscape is savanna-like and has a rich birdlife, about 45 species has been spotted, and a number of orchids.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include När.
När
- Category: socken
- Location: När-Lau, Gotland Municipality, Gotland County, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“När” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “När socken”
- Chinese: “När Kàu-khu”
- Danish: “Närs sogn”
- Finnish: “När”
- Finnish: “Närin pitäjä”
- Finnish: “Närs socken”
- French: “Närs socken”
- Italian: “Närs socken”
- Min Nan Chinese: “När Kàu-khu”
- Spanish: “Närs socken”
- Swedish: “Närs socken”
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