- Gammelstad Church Town
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Church Village of Gammelstad, Luleå * UNESCO World Heritage Site
Country Sweden Type Cultural Criteria ii, iv, v Reference 762 Region ** Europe and North America Inscription history Inscription 1996 (20th Session) * Name as inscribed on World Heritage List
** Region as classified by UNESCOGammelstad Church Town (Swedish: Gammelstads kyrkstad) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site situated in Gammelstaden near the city of Luleå, Sweden at the northern end of the Gulf of Bothnia. It is the best preserved example of a type of town that was once widespread throughout northern Scandinavia. As Church Village of Gammelstad, Luleå, it was listed as a World Heritage Site in 1996.
The town is located about 10 kilometers upstreams Lule River. At its centre is an early 15th century stone church surrounded by 424 wood-built houses. The houses were only used on Sundays and during religious festivals to accommodate worshippers from the surrounding countryside who could not return home the same day because of the distance and difficult travelling conditions.
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World Heritage Sites in Sweden For official site names, see each article or the List of World Heritage Sites in Sweden.East 
South Agricultural Landscape of Stora Alvaret (Southern Öland) · Hanseatic Town of Visby · Naval Port of Karlskrona · Rock Carvings in Tanum · Varberg Radio Station (Grimeton VLF transmitter)
North Church Village of Gammelstad, Luleå · High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago1 · Laponian Area · Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain, Falun · Struve Geodetic Arc2
1 Shared with Finland · 2 Shared with nine other countriesCoordinates: 65°38′45″N 22°01′45″E / 65.64583°N 22.02917°E
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- World Heritage Sites in Sweden
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