Ale Municipality

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Ale kommun
County Västra Götaland County
Province Västergötland
Seat Nödinge-Nol
Area
 • Total area
 • Land area
230th of 290
333.25 km²
318.27 km²
Population
 • Total
90th of 290
26,800 inhabitants
Density
 • Total
60th of 290
84.2 inhabitants/km²
Website http://www.ale.se/
Area & population from SCB as of December 31, 2006

Ale Municipality (Ale kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Nödinge-Nol.

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 appoximately the same territory.

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Inhabitants figures from 2000.

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Ale has three sister cities:

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