Ala, Gotland Explained

Official Name:Ala
Native Name:Ale
Pushpin Map:Sweden Gotland
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Sweden
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Gotland Municipality
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Gotland County
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Gotland
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:31.74
Population As Of:2014
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:125
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:57.4189°N 18.6353°W

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

Ala is known for the old carvings, some medieval, of ships on the walls of the church tower. The carvings are reminiscent of the one in Fide.[5]

Geography

Ala is situated in the central east part of Gotland.[6] The medieval Ala Church is located in the socken.[7], Ala Church belongs to Östergarn parish in Romaklosters pastorat, along with the churches in Östergarn, Gammelgarn,Kräklingbo and Anga.[8] [9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Carlquist, Gunnar. Svensk Uppslagsbok. 1947–1955. Förlagshuset Norden. Malmö. 2nd. Ala socken. sv.
  2. Web site: Gotland i siffror 2015. Gotland in numbers 2015. www.gotland.se. Gotland Municipality. 26 June 2016. 30 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180130042935/http://gotland.se/64224. dead.
  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. Web site: Förordning om district. Regulation of districts. 17 June 2015. Ministry of Finance. 26 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20180930041909/http://rkrattsdb.gov.se/SFSdoc/15/150493.PDF. 30 September 2018. dead.
  5. Web site: Enderborg. Bernt. Skeppsristningar i Ala. www.guteinfo.com. Guteinfo. 26 June 2016.
  6. Web site: Ala. www.ne.se. Nationalencyklopedin. 26 June 2016.
  7. Book: Lagerlöf. Erland. Svahnström. Gunnar. Gotlands kyrkor. Gotland's Churches. sv. . 1973. Rabén & Sjögren. Stockholm. 91-29-41035-5. 86–88.
  8. Web site: Församlingar på Gotland . www.svenskakyrkan.se . . 2023-09-18.
  9. Web site: Visby stifts indelning 2018 . www.svenskakyrkan.se . . 2023-09-18.

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