Alva, Gotland

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Alva |image_skyline = Gotland-Alva-Kirche 01.jpg |image_caption = Alva Church |pushpin_map = Sweden Gotland |pushpin_label_position = |subdivision_type = [[Country]] |subdivision_name = [[Sweden]] |subdivision_type3 = [[Municipalities of Sweden|Municipality]] |subdivision_name3 = [[Gotland Municipality]] |subdivision_type2 = [[Counties of Sweden|County]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Gotland County]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Sweden|Province]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Gotland]] |area_footnotes = <ref>{{cite book|editor=Carlquist, Gunnar|title=Svensk Uppslagsbok|date=1947–1955|publisher=Förlagshuset Norden|location=Malmö|edition=2nd|page=67|language=sv|url=https://libris.kb.se/bib/11112}}</ref> |area_total_km2 = 23,3 |population_as_of = 2014 |population_footnotes = <ref name=numbers>{{cite web|title=Gotland i siffror 2015|trans-title=Gotland in numbers 2015|url=http://www.gotland.se/64224|website=www.gotland.se|publisher=[[Gotland Municipality]]|access-date=25 May 2016|archive-date=30 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130042935/http://gotland.se/64224|url-status=dead}}</ref> |population_total = 133 |population_density_km2 = |timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]] |utc_offset = +1 |timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] |utc_offset_DST = +2 |coordinates = {{coord|57|12|22|N|18|22|13|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}} |website = }} '''Alva''' is a populated area, a [[socken]] (not to be confused with [[Parishes of the Church of Sweden|parish]]), on the Swedish island of [[Gotland]].<ref>The exact extent of the socken, now district, can be obtained by clicking on ''Kartinställningar'' and check the ''Socken'' box in the menu of [http://www.fmis.raa.se/cocoon/fornsok/search.html?parish=895&tab=2&page=1 this map] from the [[Swedish National Heritage Board]] database.</ref> It comprises the same area as the [[Registration districts in Sweden|administrative]] Alva District, established on 1{{nbsp}}January 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Förordning om district|trans-title=Regulation of districts|url=http://rkrattsdb.gov.se/SFSdoc/15/150493.PDF|date=17 June 2015|publisher=[[Ministry of Finance (Sweden)|Ministry of Finance]]|access-date=24 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930041909/http://rkrattsdb.gov.se/SFSdoc/15/150493.PDF|archive-date=30 September 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Geography == Alva is the name of the socken as well as the district. It is also the name of the small village surrounding the medieval [[Alva Church]],<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lagerlöf|first1=Erland|last2= Svahnström|first2=Gunnar|title=Gotlands kyrkor|trans-title=Gotland's Churches|language=sv|id={{LIBRIS|7232718}}|date=1973|publisher=[[Rabén & Sjögren]]|location=Stockholm|isbn=91-29-41035-5|pages=90–92}}</ref> sometimes referred to as ''Alva kyrkby''. It is situated in the south part of Gotland.<ref name=ne>{{cite web|title=Alva|url=https://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/lång/alva|website=www.ne.se|publisher=[[Nationalencyklopedin]]|access-date=27 May 2016}}</ref>

{{As of|2019}}, Alva Church belongs to Alva-Hemse-Rone [[Parishes of the Church of Sweden|parish]] in Sudrets [[pastorat]], along with the churches in [[Hemse]] and [[Rone, Gotland|Rone]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Församlingar på Gotland |url=https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/visbystift/f |website=www.svenskakyrkan.se |publisher=[[Church of Sweden]] |access-date=12 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Visby stifts indelning 2018 |url=https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/default.aspx?id=1714164 |website=www.svenskakyrkan.se |publisher=[[Church of Sweden]] |access-date=12 January 2019}}</ref>

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== External links == *{{Commons category-inline}} *[http://digitaltmuseum.se/search?query=Alva%20socken%20s%C3%B6dra%20gotlands Objects from Alva at the Digital Museum] by [[Nordic Museum]]

[[Category:Populated places in Gotland County]]