Visby

Summary

Visby is an urban area in Sweden^[1]. Visby ranks in the top 0.55% of urban_area_in_sweden entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,094 views/month, #8 of 1,464).^[2]

Key Facts

• Visby is located in Region Gotland^[3].
• Visby is in the country of Sweden^[4].
• Visby's instance of is recorded as urban area in Sweden^[5].
• Visby's official language is recorded as Swedish^[6].
• Visby's postal code is recorded as 621 xx^[7].
• Visby's Commons category is recorded as Visby^[8].
• Visby's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[9].
• Visby's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[10].
• Visby's local dialing code is recorded as 0498^[11].
• Visby's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 57.628997457133, 'lon': 18.307108945039}^[12].
• Visby's official website is recorded as http://www.visby.se/^[13].
• Visby's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Visby^[14].
• Visby's Commons gallery is recorded as Hansestaden Visby^[15].
• Visby has a population of {'amount': '+15014'}^[16].
• Visby has a population of {'amount': '+16973'}^[17].
• Visby has a population of {'amount': '+19245'}^[18].
• Visby has a population of {'amount': '+23402'}^[19].
• Visby has a population of {'amount': '+23753'}^[20].
• Visby has a population of {'amount': '+24330'}^[21].
• Visby has a population of {'amount': '+24272'}^[22].
• Visby has a population of {'amount': '+24309'}^[23].
• Visby has a population of {'amount': '+24693'}^[24].
• Visby has a population of {'amount': '+22017'}^[25].
• Visby has a population of {'amount': '+24951'}^[26].
• Visby has a population of {'amount': '+19886'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Visby is in the country of Sweden^[4]. Visby is located in Region Gotland^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+1369'}^[28], {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+1380'}^[29], {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+1453'}^[30], and {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+1687'}^[31]. Visby sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+22'}^[32]. Population counts include {'amount': '+15014'}^[16], {'amount': '+16973'}^[17], {'amount': '+19245'}^[18], {'amount': '+23402'}^[19], {'amount': '+23753'}^[20], and {'amount': '+24330'}^[21].

Designation and Status

Visby's instance of is recorded as urban area in Sweden^[5].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Visby include Visby Airport^[33], an airport^[34], in Sweden^[35], founded in 1942^[36] and HSwMS Visby^[37], a corvette^[38].

Why It Matters

Visby ranks in the top 0.55% of urban_area_in_sweden entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,094 views/month, #8 of 1,464).^[2] Visby has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[39] Visby is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[40]

Entities named for Visby include Visby Airport^[33], an airport^[34], in Sweden^[35], founded in 1942^[36] and HSwMS Visby^[37], a corvette^[38].