Ale Municipality

Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden

Ale Municipality Ale kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 57°55′30″N 12°05′13″E / 57.925°N 12.0869°E / 57.925; 12.0869
Country	Sweden
County	Västra Götaland County
Seat	Nödinge-Nol
Area ^[1]
• Total	332.1359 km² (128.2384 sq mi)
• Land	317.0959 km² (122.4314 sq mi)
• Water	15.04 km² (5.81 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	32,446
• Density	98/km² (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Västergötland
Municipal code	1440
Website	www.ale.se

Ale Municipality (Ale kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Nödinge-Nol, more precisely in Alafors at 57°55′33″N 12°5′1″E / 57.92583°N 12.08361°E / 57.92583; 12.08361

Ale Municipality was created in 1974, when the former municipalities of Nödinge, Skepplanda and Starrkärr were amalgamated. The new entity got its name from the old Ale Hundred, which had approximately the same territory.

It built one of the first indoor bandy arenas in Sweden (and subsequently in the world), which was the first in Götaland, located in Bohuslän.

Localities

Inhabitants figures from 2020.

Nödinge-Nol 11,500 (seat)
Surte 6,400
Älvängen 6,100
Skepplanda 1,900
Alvhem 400

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Ale Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.^[3]

In total there were 32,109 residents, including 23,187 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 45.4% voted for the left coalition and 52.9% 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

Alafors

2,162

1,634

50.7

48.5

28,313

Bohus N

1,479

1,089

47.3

51.0

27,160

Bohus S

1,864

1,351

49.8

48.4

28,331

Nol N

1,886

1,352

44.8

54.0

26,506

Nol S

1,767

1,276

48.4

50.3

28,586

Nödinge C

2,261

1,500

54.9

39.6

21,667

Nödinge S

2,126

1,472

46.2

52.4

29,873

Nödinge Ö

1,675

1,218

45.3

52.8

30,996

Skepplanda N

1,379

1,115

37.7

60.4

27,677

Skepplanda V

1,809

1,320

38.2

60.0

29,171

Skepplanda Ö

2,078

1,522

40.9

58.0

26,953

Starrkärr

1,875

1,422

36.3

62.6

27,970

Surte N

1,607

1,203

48.6

48.8

26,594

Surte S

1,663

1,198

48.8

49.6

27,490

Älvängen C

1,327

1,058

44.1

54.4

26,096

Älvängen N

1,357

1,008

45.9

53.2

26,789

Älvängen S

1,767

1,232

44.9

53.9

30,984

Älvängen Ö

2,027

1,217

46.2

52.8

32,655

Source: SVT^[3]

Sister cities

Ale has two sister cities:

Bertinoro, Italy
Kaufungen, Germany

References

^ "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.
^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Valresultat 2022 för Ale i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2024.