Alingsås Municipality
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| Alingsås kommun | |
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| County | Västra Götaland County |
| Province | Västergötland |
| Seat | Alingsås |
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| Area • Total area • Land area |
177th of 290 554.59 km² 474.90 km² |
| Population • Total |
66th of 290 36,481 inhabitants |
| Density • Total |
69th of 290 76.8 inhabitants/km² |
| Website | http://www.alingsas.se/ |
| Area & population from SCB as of December 31, 2006 | |
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.
[edit] Localities
Population figures from 2000.
- Alingsås (seat) 22,000
- Sollebrunn 1,400
- Ingared 1,300
- Västra Bodarna 1,000
- Gräfsnäs 400
- Stora Mellby 300
- Norsesund (partly) 250
- Hjälmared 200
[edit] Sister cities
Alingsås has seven sister cities:
- Leisi, Estonia
- Karis, Finland
- Kartong, Gambia
- Mont-de-Marsan, France
- Ocatal, Nicaragua
- Skedsmo, Norway
- Tårnby, Denmark
[edit] External links
- Alingsås Municipality - Official site
- (Swedish) Articles Alingsås and Alingsås manufakturverk - From Nordisk familjebok
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