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Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden
Alingsås Municipality Alingsås kommun
Municipality
Alingsås town hallAlingsås town hall
Coat of arms of Alingsås MunicipalityCoat of arms
Coordinates: 57°56′N 12°32′E / 57.933°N 12.533°E / 57.933; 12.533
CountrySweden
CountyVästra Götaland County
SeatAlingsås
Area
 • Total551.17 km (212.81 sq mi)
 • Land472.03 km (182.25 sq mi)
 • Water79.14 km (30.56 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 • Total42,382
 • Density77/km (200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceVästergötland
Municipal code1489
Websitewww.alingsas.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Alingsås Municipality (Alingsås kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Alingsås.

The present municipality was formed in 1974 then the former City of Alingsås (itself a municipality of unitary type since the subdivision reform of 1971) was amalgamated with Bjärke and Hemsjö.

Location, population

Alingsås is part (together with 12 other municipalities) of the Gothenburg Metropolitan Area with 900,000 inhabitants. As of 31 December 2021 Alingsås Municipality had 41,853 inhabitants, most of which lived in Alingsås city (ca 25,000).

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Alingsås Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.

In total there were 41,777 residents, including 31,871 Swedish citizens of voting age. 49.1% voted for the left coalition and 49.4% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location Residents Citizen
adults 		Left vote Right vote Employed Swedish
parents 		Foreign
heritage 		Income
SEK 		Degree
% %
Anten/Gräfsnäs 1,128 892 46.3 50.8 83 88 12 25,572 40
Bälinge/Gråbo 1,173 888 50.8 48.0 87 89 11 27,542 44
Centrum N 1,837 1,598 48.6 49.8 84 87 13 24,145 40
Centrum S/Tuvebo 1,889 1,594 50.3 48.7 83 87 13 24,963 39
Dammen/Prästeryd 2,201 1,681 51.6 47.5 89 90 10 31,086 56
Erska/Sollebrunn 1,928 1,443 44.0 54.6 82 87 13 23,944 27
Hemsjö S 1,703 1,343 42.5 56.5 87 92 8 29,075 41
Hemsjö/V Bodarne 1,719 1,286 50.9 48.3 85 91 9 31,857 61
Ingared 1,924 1,344 52.6 46.5 90 90 10 30,612 58
Kullingsberg/Hedvigsberg 2,269 1,593 50.0 49.5 86 87 13 31,416 58
Kvarnbacken 1,636 1,210 52.3 46.6 90 86 14 29,486 51
Långared 1,345 1,014 38.7 59.7 86 91 9 26,482 42
Nolby V/Bolltorp 1,974 1,481 52.4 46.5 86 84 16 27,044 41
Nolby Ö/Rödene 1,402 1,118 52.9 45.5 88 88 12 26,070 43
Noltorp V 1,817 1,368 59.6 38.5 73 67 33 20,513 36
Noltorp Ö 1,342 1,006 55.6 41.2 71 66 34 20,297 31
Stadsskogen/Lövekulle 2,155 1,558 43.2 55.8 88 85 15 32,391 56
Stockslycke/Holmalund 1,976 1,525 51.0 45.7 71 71 29 21,879 28
Stora Mellby/Magra 1,751 1,320 38.8 59.7 85 93 7 24,714 29
Sörhaga 1,652 1,409 47.5 50.7 83 89 11 27,532 50
Tegelbruket/Simmenäs 1,634 1,196 46.7 52.6 87 85 15 28,645 44
Ängabo/Maryd 1,688 1,239 53.1 46.0 88 88 12 29,154 50
Ödenäs/Skaftared 1,787 1,359 42.4 55.6 85 89 11 27,155 44
Östlyckan/Brogården 1,847 1,406 56.9 41.0 70 62 38 20,575 28
Source: SVT

Sister cities

Alingsås has seven sister cities:

References

  1. "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  3. ^ "Valresultat 2022 för Alingsås i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2024.

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