Ale Municipality
Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden
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Ale Municipality (Swedish: 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
Ale Municipality
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 Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 57°55′30″N 12°05′13″E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Västra Götaland County |
| Seat | Nödinge-Nol |
| Area | |
• 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 (30 June 2025)[2] | |
• Total | 32,606 |
| • Density | 102.83/km2 (266.32/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 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 |
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| % | % | ||||||||
| Alafors | 2,162 | 1,634 | 50.7 | 48.5 | 87 | 85 | 15 | 28,313 | 37 |
| Bohus N | 1,479 | 1,089 | 47.3 | 51.0 | 82 | 64 | 36 | 27,160 | 39 |
| Bohus S | 1,864 | 1,351 | 49.8 | 48.4 | 84 | 65 | 35 | 28,331 | 43 |
| Nol N | 1,886 | 1,352 | 44.8 | 54.0 | 80 | 71 | 29 | 26,506 | 33 |
| Nol S | 1,767 | 1,276 | 48.4 | 50.3 | 86 | 79 | 21 | 28,586 | 38 |
| Nödinge C | 2,261 | 1,500 | 54.9 | 39.6 | 71 | 47 | 53 | 21,667 | 31 |
| Nödinge S | 2,126 | 1,472 | 46.2 | 52.4 | 85 | 77 | 23 | 29,873 | 52 |
| Nödinge Ö | 1,675 | 1,218 | 45.3 | 52.8 | 87 | 77 | 23 | 30,996 | 48 |
| Skepplanda N | 1,379 | 1,115 | 37.7 | 60.4 | 85 | 91 | 9 | 27,677 | 29 |
| Skepplanda V | 1,809 | 1,320 | 38.2 | 60.0 | 86 | 82 | 18 | 29,171 | 38 |
| Skepplanda Ö | 2,078 | 1,522 | 40.9 | 58.0 | 85 | 83 | 17 | 26,953 | 30 |
| Starrkärr | 1,875 | 1,422 | 36.3 | 62.6 | 86 | 90 | 10 | 27,970 | 30 |
| Surte N | 1,607 | 1,203 | 48.6 | 48.8 | 81 | 63 | 37 | 26,594 | 39 |
| Surte S | 1,663 | 1,198 | 48.8 | 49.6 | 79 | 56 | 44 | 27,490 | 42 |
| Älvängen C | 1,327 | 1,058 | 44.1 | 54.4 | 83 | 84 | 16 | 26,096 | 46 |
| Älvängen N | 1,357 | 1,008 | 45.9 | 53.2 | 82 | 81 | 19 | 26,789 | 36 |
| Älvängen S | 1,767 | 1,232 | 44.9 | 53.9 | 90 | 84 | 16 | 30,984 | 46 |
| Älvängen Ö | 2,027 | 1,217 | 46.2 | 52.8 | 91 | 76 | 24 | 32,655 | 56 |
| Source: SVT[3] | |||||||||
Religion
Sister cities
Ale has two sister cities:
