Vibble

Place in Gotland, Sweden

57°36′N 18°15′E / 57.600°N 18.250°E / 57.600; 18.250CountrySwedenProvinceGotlandCountyGotland CountyMunicipalityGotland MunicipalityArea

^[1]

• Total1.25 km² (0.48 sq mi)Population

(31 December 2010)^[2]

• Total1,300 • Density1,028/km² (2,660/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Vibble is a locality in Västerhejde on the Swedish island of Gotland. Sweden with 1,300 inhabitants in 2010.^[2] Situated 3 km (1.9 mi) south of Visby, it is sometimes regarded as a suburb to the town of Visby. The main business in Vibble is tourism. The relocated original Villa Villekulla - where Pippi Longstocking lived - is at the Kneippbyn Holiday Resort in Vibble.

As of 2019^[update], Vibble Chapel belongs to Stenkumla parish, along with the churches in Stenkumla, Träkumla and Västerhejde.^[3]^[4]

Gallery

Vibble roadsign
Vibble Chapel
Kneippbyn Holiday Resort

References

^ "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km² 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Gotland i siffror 2015" [Gotland in numbers 2015]. www.gotland.se. Gotland Municipality. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
^ "Församlingar på Gotland". www.svenskakyrkan.se. Church of Sweden. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
^ "Visby stifts indelning 2018". www.svenskakyrkan.se. Church of Sweden. Retrieved 12 January 2019.