Alingsås Municipality

Alingsås kommun
—  Municipality  —

Coat of arms
Country Sweden
County Västra Götaland County
Seat Alingsås
Area[1]
 • Total 554.59 km2 (214.1 sq mi)
 • Land 474.9 km2 (183.4 sq mi)
 • Water 79.69 km2 (30.8 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population (June 30, 2010)[2]
 • Total 37,813
 • Density 68.2/km2 (176.6/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code
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.

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Location, population

Alingsås is part (together with 12 other municipalities) of the Gothenburg Metropolitan Area with 900 000 inhabitants. Alingsås municipality has today (2011-01-01) 37 825 inhabitants. Most people lives in Alingsås city (ca 25 000 inhab).

Sister cities

Alingsås has seven sister cities:

References

  1. ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån den 1 januari 2010" (in Swedish) (Microsoft Excel). Statistics Sweden. http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0802/2010A01/mi0802tab3_2010.xls. Retrieved 2010-08-21. 
  2. ^ "SCB, Befolkningsstatistik 30 juni 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. http://www.scb.se/Pages/TableAndChart____244147.aspx. Retrieved 2010-08-19. 

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Municipal seats
Localities in Alingsås Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
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