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 [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 2021)[2]
• Total	41,853
• Density	76/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 2019 Alingsås municipality had 41,420 inhabitants, most of which lived in Alingsås city (ca 25,000).

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%

Sister cities

Alingsås has seven sister cities:

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

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alingsås Municipality.

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

На других языках

[de] Alingsås (Gemeinde)

[ru] Алингсос (коммуна)