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Slite

Coordinates: 57°43′N 18°48′E / 57.717°N 18.800°E / 57.717; 18.800
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Slite
Slite
Slite
Slite is located in Sweden
Slite
Slite
Coordinates: 57°43′N 18°48′E / 57.717°N 18.800°E / 57.717; 18.800
CountrySweden
ProvinceGotland
CountyGotland County
MunicipalityGotland Municipality
Area
 • Total2.51 km2 (0.97 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2010)[1]
 • Total1,483
 • Density592/km2 (1,530/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Slite is a locality in Gotland Municipality, Gotland County, Sweden. In 2010, 1,483 people lived there.[2] For a long time Slite was an important place for trade and business; nowadays tourism is an important source of income but also industry with stone and gravel, producing concrete from raw material of limestone from nearby quarries.

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  2. "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.

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