Alingsås Municipality Explained

Alingsås Municipality
Native Name:Alingsås kommun
Native Name Lang:sv
Settlement Type:Municipality
Coordinates:57.9333°N 44°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Sweden
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Västra Götaland County
Seat Type:Seat
Seat:Alingsås
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Note:Area as of .
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Blank Name Sec1:Province
Blank Info Sec1:Västergötland
Blank1 Name Sec1:Municipal code
Blank1 Info Sec1:1489
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Iso Code:SE
Website:www.alingsas.se
Footnotes: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.[1]

In total there were 41,777 residents, including 31,871 Swedish citizens of voting age.[1] 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
data-sort-type="number" data-sort-type="number" data-sort-type="number" %data-sort-type="number" %data-sort-type="number" data-sort-type="number" data-sort-type="number" data-sort-type="number" data-sort-type="number"
Anten/Gräfsnäs1,12889246.350.883881225,57240
Bälinge/Gråbo1,17388850.848.087891127,54244
Centrum N1,8371,59848.649.884871324,14540
Centrum S/Tuvebo1,8891,59450.348.783871324,96339
Dammen/Prästeryd2,2011,68151.647.589901031,08656
Erska/Sollebrunn1,9281,44344.054.682871323,94427
Hemsjö S1,7031,34342.556.58792829,07541
Hemsjö/V Bodarne1,7191,28650.948.38591931,85761
Ingared1,9241,34452.646.590901030,61258
Kullingsberg/Hedvigsberg2,2691,59350.049.586871331,41658
Kvarnbacken1,6361,21052.346.690861429,48651
Långared1,3451,01438.759.78691926,48242
Nolby V/Bolltorp1,9741,48152.446.586841627,04441
Nolby Ö/Rödene1,4021,11852.945.588881226,07043
Noltorp V1,8171,36859.638.573673320,51336
Noltorp Ö1,3421,00655.641.271663420,29731
Stadsskogen/Lövekulle2,1551,55843.255.888851532,39156
Stockslycke/Holmalund1,9761,52551.045.771712921,87928
Stora Mellby/Magra1,7511,32038.859.78593724,71429
Sörhaga1,6521,40947.550.783891127,53250
Tegelbruket/Simmenäs1,6341,19646.752.687851528,64544
Ängabo/Maryd1,6881,23953.146.088881229,15450
Ödenäs/Skaftared1,7871,35942.455.685891127,15544
Östlyckan/Brogården1,8471,40656.941.070623820,57528
Source: SVT

Sister cities

Alingsås has seven sister cities:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Valresultat 2022 för Alingsås i riksdagsvalet. SVT. sv. 11 September 2022. 9 January 2024.