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|official_name = Alva
|native_name = Alve {{small|([[Gutnish language|Gutnish]])}}
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|image_caption = Alva Church
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|subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Sweden|Province]]
|subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Sweden|Province]]
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|area_footnotes = <ref>{{cite book|editor=Carlquist, Gunnar|title=Svensk Uppslagsbok|date=1947–1955|publisher=Förlagshuset Norden|location=Malmö|edition=2nd|page=67|language=Swedish|url=http://libris.kb.se/bib/11112}}</ref>
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|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]]|accessdate=25 May 2016}}</ref>
|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_total = 133
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'''Alva''' is a settlement situated in [[Gotland Municipality]], [[Gotland County]], on the island of [[Gotland]], Sweden. Formerly a [[socken]],<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> on 1{{nbsp}}January 2016, it was reconstituted into the [[Registration districts in Sweden|administrative area]] Alva District.<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]]|accessdate=24 May 2016}}</ref>
'''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 ==
== Geography ==
Alva is the name of the small village surrounding the the medieval [[Alva Church]],<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lagerlöf|first1=Erland|last2= Svahnström|first2=Gunnar|title=Gotlands kyrkor|trans_title=Gotland's Churces|language=Swedish|id={{LIBRIS|7232718}}|date=1973|publisher=[[Rabén & Sjögren]]|location=Stockholm|isbn=91-29-41035-5|pages=90–92144}}</ref> sometimes referred to as ''Alva kyrkby''. The name is also used for the larger surrounding area, Alva socken. It is situated in the south part of Gotland.<ref name=ne>{{cite web|title=Alva|url=http://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/lång/alva|website=www.ne.se|publisher=[[Nationalencyklopedin]]|accessdate=27 May 2016}}</ref>
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=http://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>
One of the [[asteroid]]s in the [[Asteroid belt]], [[List of minor planets: 2001–3000|2353 Alva]], is named after this place.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2353 | title = JPL Small-Body Database Browser | accessdate = 25 April 2008 | publisher = [[NASA]]}}</ref>


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

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Latest revision as of 16:57, 20 August 2023

Alva
Alve (Gutnish)
Alva Church
Alva Church
Alva is located in Gotland
Alva
Alva
Coordinates: 57°12′22″N 18°22′13″E / 57.20611°N 18.37028°E / 57.20611; 18.37028
CountrySweden
ProvinceGotland
CountyGotland County
MunicipalityGotland Municipality
Area
[1]
 • Total233 km2 (90 sq mi)
Population
 (2014)[2]
 • Total133
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Alva 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 Alva District, established on 1 January 2016.[4]

Geography[edit]

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,[5] sometimes referred to as Alva kyrkby. It is situated in the south part of Gotland.[6]

As of 2019, Alva Church belongs to Alva-Hemse-Rone parish in Sudrets pastorat, along with the churches in Hemse and Rone.[7][8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Carlquist, Gunnar, ed. (1947–1955). Svensk Uppslagsbok (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Malmö: Förlagshuset Norden. p. 67.
  2. ^ "Gotland i siffror 2015" [Gotland in numbers 2015]. www.gotland.se. Gotland Municipality. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  3. ^ The exact extent of the socken, now district, can be obtained by clicking on Kartinställningar and check the Socken box in the menu of this map from the Swedish National Heritage Board database.
  4. ^ "Förordning om district" [Regulation of districts] (PDF). Ministry of Finance. 17 June 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  5. ^ Lagerlöf, Erland; Svahnström, Gunnar (1973). Gotlands kyrkor [Gotland's Churches] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Rabén & Sjögren. pp. 90–92. ISBN 91-29-41035-5. SELIBR 7232718.
  6. ^ "Alva". www.ne.se. Nationalencyklopedin. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  7. ^ "Församlingar på Gotland". www.svenskakyrkan.se. Church of Sweden. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Visby stifts indelning 2018". www.svenskakyrkan.se. Church of Sweden. Retrieved 12 January 2019.

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