Alingsås Municipality

Alingsås Municipality Alingsås kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms
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.

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. Alingsås municipality has today (2011-01-01) 37 825 inhabitants. Most people live in Alingsås city (ca 25 000 inhab).

Sister cities

Alingsås has seven sister cities:

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

Politics

Result of the 2010 election

Moderate Party 27,90%

Centre Party 6,18%

Liberal People's Party 9,99%

Christian Democrats 8,74%

Swedish Social Democratic Party 25,72%

Left Party 6,16%

Green Party 9,49%

Sweden Democrats 4,75%

Other Parties 1,06%

External links

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