Alva is a village in Clackmannanshire, located in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It is among a variety of towns situated instantly to the south of the Ochil Hills, jointly known as the Hillfoots Villages or merely The Hillfoots. It is located in between Tillicoultry as well as Menstrie. Alva had a resident population of 5,181 at the 2001 census however this has actually given that been revised to 4,960 in 2006. It flaunts several features such as a park with an event hall and a recently opened up outdoor health club, and also is the residence of Alva Academy. Alva was traditionally in an exclave of Stirlingshire, but it was transferred to Clackmannanshire in 1891.