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Bunge is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland. It is situated in the northernmost part of Gotland, southwest of Fårösund.[3] It comprises the same area as the administrative Bunge District, established on 1 January 2016.[4]

Bunge Bungge (Gutnish)
One of the farms at Bunge Museum
Bunge
Coordinates: 57°51′13″N 19°01′24″E
Country	Sweden
Province	Gotland
County	Gotland County
Municipality	Gotland Municipality
Area [1]
• Total	34 km2 (13 sq mi)
Population  (2014)[2]
• Total	886
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Geography

Bunge is the name of the socken as well as the district. It is also the name of the small village surrounding the medieval Bunge Church,[5] sometimes referred to as Bunge kyrkby. It is situated on the north coast of Gotland.[6]

As of 2019^[update], Bunge Church belongs to Bunge-Rute-Fleringe parish in Norra Gotlands pastorat, along with the churches in Rute and Fleringe.[7][8]

Places of interest

Bunge has a private airfield, the Bunge Airbase.[9] The hangar and the airfield are listed buildings.[10]

Gotland's (and one of Sweden's) most noted open-air museum is the Bunge museum. The museum has farms from three centuries (17th, 18th and 19th) and is also very active in practical old industry such as recreating tar kilns and charcoal piles.[11]

Gallery

• 
  The wall at Bunge church.
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  The village pond at Bunge museum.
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  Wind mill at Bunge Museum.
• 
  The Bunge Museum.
• 
  Ruin behind Bunge Church.
• 
  Bunge airfield.

References

Further reading

• Erlandsson, Anna; Blomberg, Maj-Gun (1982). Bunge skolmuseum: en skildring av skolväsendet i Bunge från tiden före folkskolestadgan 1842 fram till 1920-talets skola. Fårösund: Kulturhistoriska mus. i Bunge. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
• Svahnström, Gunnar (1981). Bunge kyrka: historik och beskrivning. Fårösund: Bunge församling. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
• Erlandsson, Anna (1976). Bungemuseet: kort vägledning. Fårösund: Kulturhistoriska mus. i Bunge. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
• The Bunge museum. Bunge: Kulturhistoriska museet i Bunge. 1975. Retrieved 16 June 2014.

External links

• Objects from Bunge at the Digital Museum by Nordic Museum

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