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 (550 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 image is recorded as Visby 13-.JPG^[5].
• Visby's instance of is recorded as urban area in Sweden^[6].
• Visby's official language is recorded as Swedish^[7].
• Visby's coat of arms image is recorded as Visby vapen.svg^[8].
• Visby's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 141885375^[9].
• Visby's GND ID is recorded as 4063609-4^[10].
• Visby's locator map image is recorded as OstseeinselGotland.png^[11].
• Visby's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79123581^[12].
• Visby's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11938147b^[13].
• Visby's postal code is recorded as 621 xx^[14].
• Visby's Commons category is recorded as Visby^[15].
• Visby's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[16].
• Visby's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[17].
• Visby's local dialing code is recorded as 0498^[18].
• Visby's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 57.628997457133, 'lon': 18.307108945039}^[19].
• Visby's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cwz6^[20].
• Visby's Swedish urban area code is recorded as T2552^[21].
• Visby's official website is recorded as http://www.visby.se/^[22].
• Visby's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Visby^[23].
• Visby's Commons gallery is recorded as Hansestaden Visby^[24].
• Visby's page banner is recorded as Visby banner Medeltidsveckan.jpg^[25].
• Visby's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 1c98aebc-036f-428c-b3b4-1bbfc44213ba^[26].
• Visby's population is recorded as {'amount': '+15014'}^[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's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+22'}^[32]. Population counts include {'amount': '+15014'}^[27], {'amount': '+16973'}^[33], {'amount': '+19245'}^[34], {'amount': '+23402'}^[35], {'amount': '+23753'}^[36], and {'amount': '+24330'}^[37].

Designation and Status

Visby's instance of is recorded as urban area in Sweden^[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Visby include Visby Airport^[38], an airport^[39], in Sweden^[40], founded in 1942^[41] and HSwMS Visby^[42], a corvette^[43].

Why It Matters

Visby ranks in the top 0.55% of urban_area_in_sweden entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (550 views/month, #8 of 1,464).^[2] Visby has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[44] Visby is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[45]

Entities named for Visby include Visby Airport^[38], an airport^[39], in Sweden^[40], founded in 1942^[41] and HSwMS Visby^[42], a corvette^[43].