Lövsta (also known as Roma kyrkby) is a
locality
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* Locality (linguistics)
* Locality (settlement)
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on the Swedish island of
Gotland
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, with 261 inhabitants in 2010.
In 1995 the locality known as Roma was divided by
Statistics Sweden
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into a part with the tentative name of "Roma kyrkby" (pop. 277) and the remaining part that was referred to as
Roma
Roma or ROMA may refer to:
Places Australia
* Roma, Queensland, a town
** Roma Airport
** Roma Courthouse
** Electoral district of Roma, defunct
** Town of Roma, defunct town, now part of the Maranoa Regional Council
*Roma Street, Brisbane, a ...
(pop. 902). It was given the name "Romakloster" as a postal address to avoid confusion with the Italian capital.
Some confusion is caused by the fact that Lövsta/Roma kyrkby has been referred to as "Roma" in the statistical figures since 2000.
The medieval
Roma Church
Roma Church ( sv, Roma kyrka) is a medieval church in Lövsta, Gotland (Sweden). The church is one of the largest countryside churches on Gotland. Built during the 13th century, it displays influences from Cistercian architecture and may have been ...
is in Lövsta. , Roma Church belongs to Roma
parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...
in Romaklosters
pastorat
The Church of Sweden ( sv, Svenska kyrkan) is an Evangelical Lutheran national church in Sweden. A former state church, headquartered in Uppsala, with around 5.6 million members at year end 2021, it is the largest Christian denomination in Sweden ...
.
Notes
References
Tätorter 1995(Statistiska meddelanden. Serie Be, Stockholm: SCB, Programmet för regional planering och naturresurser, 1996. Beställningsnummer Be 16 SM 9601.
Tätorter 2000 Sveriges Officiella statistik. Statistiska meddelanden Serie MI. MI 38 SM 0101. Stockholm: SCB, 2002.
External links
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Populated places in Gotland County
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