Socken ( Swedish: [ˈsʊ̌kːɛn] or [ˈsɔ̌kːɛn] ) is the name used for a part of a county in Sweden. In Denmark similar areas are known as sogn , in Norway sokn or sogn and in Finland pitäjä (socken) . A socken is an rural area formed around a church, typically in the Middle Ages. A socken originally served as a parish . Later it also served as a civil parish or an administrative parish , and became a predecessor to today's municipalities of Sweden , Finland , Norway and Denmark . Today it is a traditional area with frozen borders, in Sweden typically identical to those of the early 20th century rural parishes. The socken also served as a registration unit for buildings, in Sweden recently replaced by identical districts as registration unit. A socken consists of several villages and industry localities ( company towns ), and is typically named after the main village and the original church.
6-455: Hangvar ( Swedish pronunciation: [ˈhâŋːvɑːr] ) is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish ), on the Swedish island of Gotland . It comprises the same area as the administrative Hangvar District, established on 1 January 2016. Hangvar is the home of football club Hangvar SK . Hangvar is the name of the socken as well as the district. It is also
12-642: A former fishing village now a small holiday resort and community. Along the west coast of Hangvar is the Hall-Hangvar nature reserve . The reserve is the largest on Gotland, covering an area of 28 km (11 sq mi). The reserve was established in 1967 and expanded in 1999. This article about a location in Gotland County , Sweden is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Socken Socken, in old Swedish sokn (compare: Danish and bokmål sogn , nynorsk sokn )
18-554: A socken church, it was governed by a socken council and it was the predecessor to modern municipalities In 1862, the kyrksockens ("church socken") and the sockenkommuns ("rural area locality") in Sweden were abolished as administrative areas during municipality reforms. The jordbrukssocken ("taxation area") remained in use until the Fastighetsdatareformen ("Reform for registration of real property") 1976–1995
24-525: Is an archaic name for the original country church parishes, kyrksocken . It also describes a secular area, a sockenkommun ("rural area locality") or a taxation area, a jordbokssocken . In the Nordic countries a socken was an administrative area consisting of several villages or localities in much the same way as the civil parishes in England , but the concept is not used in reference to towns. A socken had
30-621: The name of the small village surrounding the medieval Hangvar Church , sometimes referred to as Hangvar kyrkby . It is situated across the northern tip of Gotland. As of 2019, Hangvar Church belongs to Forsa parish in Norra Gotlands pastorat , along with the churches in Lärbro , Hellvi , Hall and Hallshuk . Located on the west coast of Hangvar are the Sigsarve beach and fishing site, as well as Ireviken (or Irevik or Ihreviken),
36-481: Was complete. No further alterations to the sockens was made after this. On 1 January 2016, a new administrative division and area for statistics , registration districts or simply districts, was introduced in Sweden. Geographically, the districts correspond with the parishes of the Church of Sweden as of 31 December 1999. About 85% of the old sockens corresponds with the new districts. Even though
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