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Also known as Gammelstad

Gammelstaden or Gammelstad (Luleå Old Town) is a locality situated in Luleå Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 4,960 inhabitants in 2010. It is known for the Gammelstad Church Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Place details

Locality
Luleå
Region
Norrbotten
Country
Sverige
Population
4,892
Timezone
Europe/Stockholm

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Gammelstaden
Settlement.image_skyline
Visitor Centre Bild 094.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Gammelstad Church Town
Settlement.pushpin_map
Sweden Norrbotten#Sweden
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
left
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Luleå Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_type2
County
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Norrbotten County
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Norrbotten
Settlement.area_total_km2
6.20
Settlement.population_as_of
31 December 2010
Settlement.population_total
4,960
Settlement.population_density_km2
800
Settlement.timezone
CET

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Official name
Gammelstaden
Country
Sweden
Population
4851
Area
607
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Official website
www2.lulea.se/gammelstad
Image
Visitor Centre Bild 094.jpg
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Commons category
Church village of Gammelstad, Luleå
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Encyclopedic overview

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Gammelstaden or Gammelstad (Luleå Old Town) is a locality situated in Luleå Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 4,960 inhabitants in 2010. It is known for the Gammelstad Church Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

== History == A thousand years ago Luleå district consisted of an archipelago: the land was ten metres lower than today, pushed down by the weight of ice in the last ice age. The church hill of present-day Gammelstad was a small island at the mouth of the Lule river. During the 14th century the area became the centre of a parish stretching from the coast to the Norwegian mountains along the Kalix, Lule and Råne rivers.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gammelstaden” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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