Alingsås Municipality

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

Alingsås Municipality Alingsås kommun
Municipality
Alingsås town hall
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 57°56′N 12°32′E
Country	Sweden
County	Västra Götaland County
Seat	Alingsås
Area
• Total	551.17 km2 (212.81 sq mi)
• Land	472.03 km2 (182.25 sq mi)
• Water	79.14 km2 (30.56 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2023)
• Total	42,382
• Density	77/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Västergötland
Municipal code	1489
Website	www.alingsas.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

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:

• Leisi, Estonia
• Karis, Finland
• Kartong, Gambia
• Mont-de-Marsan, France
• Ocatal, Nicaragua
• Skedsmo, Norway
• Tårnby, Denmark

External links

• Alingsås Municipality - Official site
• (in Swedish) Articles Alingsås and Alingsås manufakturverk - From Nordisk familjebok