Gammelstad Church Town
Also known as Aldea-iglesia de Gammelstad, Aldeia paroquial de Gammelstad, Church Village of Gammelstad, Luleå, Gammelstadin kirkkokylä, Gammelstads kirkeby, Gammelstads kyrkstad, Kerkdorp Gammelstad, Kirchendorf von Gammelstad, ガンメルスタードの教会街, 加默尔斯塔德教堂村
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (ii), (iv), (v).
Region
Europe and North America
Sweden
Inscribed
1996
List reference
762
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Gammelstad Church Town is about 180 km north-west of Oulu. The nearest other World Heritage site is Laponian Area, about 270 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Luleå · about 49,000 peopleabout 8 km south-east
- Skellefteå · about 31,000 peopleabout 110 km south-west
- Kemi · about 23,000 peopleabout 120 km east
- Oulu · about 137,000 peopleabout 180 km south-east
- Rovaniemi · about 35,000 peopleabout 190 km north-east
- Kokkola · about 47,000 peopleabout 210 km south
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
SwedenMixed272 km away
Finland, SwedenNatural297 km away
FinlandCultural408 km away
NorwayCultural464 km away
NorwayCultural481 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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