Alingsås Municipality

Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden

Alingsås Municipality Alingsås kommun
Municipality
Alingsås town hall
Coat of arms

Coordinates: 57°56′N 12°32′E / 57.933°N 12.533°E / 57.933; 12.533
Country	Sweden
County	Västra Götaland County
Seat	Alingsås
Area ^[1]
• 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)^[2]
• 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. 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.^[3]

In total there were 41,777 residents, including 31,871 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 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

25,572

Bälinge/Gråbo

1,173

888

50.8

48.0

27,542

Centrum N

1,837

1,598

48.6

49.8

24,145

Centrum S/Tuvebo

1,889

1,594

50.3

48.7

24,963

Dammen/Prästeryd

2,201

1,681

51.6

47.5

31,086

Erska/Sollebrunn

1,928

1,443

44.0

54.6

23,944

Hemsjö S

1,703

1,343

42.5

56.5

29,075

Hemsjö/V Bodarne

1,719

1,286

50.9

48.3

31,857

Ingared

1,924

1,344

52.6

46.5

30,612

Kullingsberg/Hedvigsberg

2,269

1,593

50.0

49.5

31,416

Kvarnbacken

1,636

1,210

52.3

46.6

29,486

Långared

1,345

1,014

38.7

59.7

26,482

Nolby V/Bolltorp

1,974

1,481

52.4

46.5

27,044

Nolby Ö/Rödene

1,402

1,118

52.9

45.5

26,070

Noltorp V

1,817

1,368

59.6

38.5

20,513

Noltorp Ö

1,342

1,006

55.6

41.2

20,297

Stadsskogen/Lövekulle

2,155

1,558

43.2

55.8

32,391

Stockslycke/Holmalund

1,976

1,525

51.0

45.7

21,879

Stora Mellby/Magra

1,751

1,320

38.8

59.7

24,714

Sörhaga

1,652

1,409

47.5

50.7

27,532

Tegelbruket/Simmenäs

1,634

1,196

46.7

52.6

28,645

Ängabo/Maryd

1,688

1,239

53.1

46.0

29,154

Ödenäs/Skaftared

1,787

1,359

42.4

55.6

27,155

Östlyckan/Brogården

1,847

1,406

56.9

41.0

20,575

Source: SVT^[3]

Sister cities

Alingsås has seven sister cities:

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 Alingsås i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2024.