small locality in Gotland Municipality
Alva
Short answer: Alva is in Gotland Municipality, Gotland County. It has 94 residents.
Living here
Alva is a small locality in Gotlands municipality, with 94 inhabitants. Within a few kilometres there are Alva kyrka, a petrol station selling gas and Smiss slott. A food shop, school and railway station are not seen nearby, so everyday life depends on the car.
The area around the village has an older population: a little over a third is over sixty-five and only about a sixth is under twenty. The municipality has low unemployment compared with the country, but employment among young adults is below the national average.
Alva suits someone who seeks a quiet life on Gotland and has a car. It suits less well families with children who want services nearby and many people of the same age around them.
Draft. Based on a place profile from Lantmäteriet, SCB, OpenStreetMap, Wikipedia and the municipality's register of associations. To be reviewed before publication.
Facts
What it is like to live here
median in the locality
Median across 78 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
Age distribution
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the 2 statistical areas (DeSO) covering Alva, 3,553 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 94 inhabitants. A statistical area follows no locality boundary, so the figures describe the area around the locality, not the locality alone.
From here and away
Modelled car route (MOTIS), not a navigator's ETA — the figures run systematically high but are comparable between localities. Destinations not listed are more than six hours away.
Lakes nearby
Nearest localities
Surroundings
Distances are measured from the locality's centre to the nearest point in the layer, capped at 50 km. Counts are exact within the locality boundary. A layer not listed has nothing within the cap.
The figures describe the municipality, not the locality. The municipality page has tax, housing mix, schools and commuting.