Kappelshamn

Place in Gotland, Sweden

57°51′N 18°47′E / 57.850°N 18.783°E / 57.850; 18.783CountrySwedenProvinceGotlandCountyGotland CountyMunicipalityGotland MunicipalityArea

^[1]

• Total0.75 km² (0.29 sq mi)Population

(2010)^[1]

• Total115 • Density159/km² (410/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Websitewww.kappelshamn.se

Kappelshamn (Swedish pronunciation: [kapɛlsˈhamn])^[2] is a settlement on the Swedish island of Gotland. It had 115 inhabitants in 2010.^[1]

Located northeast of Visby and north of Slite, it is mainly known for its race track, Gotland Ring. In addition there are facilities catering for tourists, such as sheltered beaches and a campsite.

Storugns, located across the gulf from Kappelshamn, is the largest deposit of limestone in the Nordic countries. Developed since the early 1980s by Nordkalk, the limestone mined from Gotland is mainly shipped from the port of Storugns to the steel mills in Sweden and Finland.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Småorter 2010 (Smaller localities 2010)" (PDF). Statistics Sweden (in Swedish). 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
^ Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 13.
^ "History – Growth since 1898". Nordkalk. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2011.