Lojsta socken
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Lojsta is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland. It comprises the same area as the administrative Lojsta District, established on 1January 2016.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Lojsta socken is referenced by 123 other articles, and connects out to Slite, Västerhejde and Rute socken.
The entry is geolocated on the map in SE, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under the topic Populated places in Gotland County.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Lojsta Moor
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Lojsta is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland. It comprises the same area as the administrative Lojsta District, established on 1January 2016.
The rift valley landscape of Lojsta is unusual for Gotland and the area contains the highest point, as well as some of the deepest lakes, on the island. Sweden's only native wild ponies have their natural habitat in an animal reserve in Lojsta.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lojsta socken” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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