Buttle, Gotland
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Buttle | |
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 Änge picture stones in Buttle | |
  Buttle | |
| Coordinates: 57°24′9″N 18°31′47″E / 57.40250°N 18.52972°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Gotland |
| County | Gotland County |
| Municipality | Gotland Municipality |
| Area | |
• Total | 31.07 km2 (12.00 sq mi) |
| Population (2014)[2] | |
• Total | 90 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Buttle is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland.[3] It comprises the same area as the administrative Buttle District, established on 1 January 2016.[4]
Buttle is situated in the central part of Gotland.[5] The medieval Buttle Church is located in the socken.[6] As of 2019[update], Buttle Church belongs to Vänge parish in Romaklosters pastorat, along with the churches in Vänge, Guldrupe, Sjonhem, Viklau and Halla.[7][8]
As of 2016[update], Buttle is best known for holding the record for both the lowest and highest temperature on Gotland. The highest temperature, 35.2 °C (95.4 °F), was recorded on 8 August 1975 and the lowest, −32.8 °C (−27.0 °F), on 9 February 1966.[9]
