Ala, Gotland

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}

{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Ala

|image_skyline = Ala kyrka view01.jpg

|image_caption = Ala Church

|pushpin_map = Sweden Gotland

|pushpin_label_position =

|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 = {{cite book|editor=Carlquist, Gunnar|title=Svensk Uppslagsbok|date=1947–1955|publisher=Förlagshuset Norden|location=Malmö|edition=2nd|chapter=Ala socken|language=sv|url=http://libris.kb.se/bib/11112}}

|area_total_km2 = 31.74

|population_as_of = 2014

|population_footnotes = {{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=26 June 2016|archive-date=30 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130042935/http://gotland.se/64224|url-status=dead}}

|population_total = 125

|population_density_km2 =

|timezone = CET

|utc_offset = +1

|timezone_DST = CEST

|utc_offset_DST = +2

|coordinates = {{coord|57|25|8|N|18|38|7|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}

|website =

}}

Ala is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland.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=893&tab=2&page=1 this map] from the Swedish National Heritage Board database. It comprises the same area as the administrative Ala District, established on 1{{nbsp}}January 2016.{{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|access-date=26 June 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}}

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.{{cite web|last1=Enderborg|first1=Bernt|title=Skeppsristningar i Ala|url=http://www.guteinfo.com/?id=2001|website=www.guteinfo.com|publisher=Guteinfo|access-date=26 June 2016}}