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Gotland is located about 90 km (56 mi) east of the Swedish mainland and about 130 km (81 mi) from the Baltic states, Latvia being the nearest. Gotland is the name of the main island, but the adjacent islands are generally considered part of Gotland and the Gotlandic culture: Furillen; Fårö; Gotska Sandön, a National park of Sweden
Gotland County (Swedish: Gotlands län) is a county or län of Sweden. Gotland is located in the Baltic Sea to the east of Öland , and is the largest of Sweden's islands . Counties are usually sub-divided into municipalities, but Gotland County consists of only one county council , which also serves as a municipality, Region Gotland .
Map of Götaland, the areas of the Geats, which politically merged with the Swedes to form Sweden. Note that Värmland, north of Dalsland and Västergötland, also was a part of Götaland originally, while the large island of Gotland was not.
The Gotland University is in Visby, and since 1 July 2013, it is a department of Uppsala University under the name Uppsala University–Campus Gotland. Visby is also the sole county seat in Sweden accessible from the mainland only by boat and air.
However, an expanse of water separates the island of Gotland from the Swedes. The island lies east of Denmark/Dacia and whales were once common in the Baltic Sea where Gotland is situated. The name of the Gutes in Swedish, Gutar, is an ablaut-grade of the same name as that of the Geats in Beowulf.
Region Gotland, legally Gotlands kommun (English: Gotland Municipality), is a municipality with regional responsibilities [3] that covers the entire island of Gotland in Sweden. The city of Visby is the municipality's seat.
Deutsch: Positionskarte von Gotland in Schweden mit Schweden in der oberen linken Ecke. N-S-Streckung beträgt 187%, geographische Begrenzung der Karte: N: 58.45° N;
Västra Götaland County (Swedish: Västra Götalands län) is a county or län on the western coast of Sweden.. The county is the second most populous of Sweden's counties and it comprises 49 municipalities (kommuner).