Ale Municipality () 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
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.
In total there were 32,109 residents, including 23,187 Swedish citizens of voting age. 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 % % Alafors 2,162 1,634 50.7 48.5 87 85 15 28,313 37Bohus N 1,479 1,089 47.3 51.0 82 64 36 27,160 39Bohus S 1,864 1,351 49.8 48.4 84 65 35 28,331 43Nol N 1,886 1,352 44.8 54.0 80 71 29 26,506 33Nol S 1,767 1,276 48.4 50.3 86 79 21 28,586 38Nödinge C 2,261 1,500 54.9 39.6 71 47 53 21,667 31Nödinge S 2,126 1,472 46.2 52.4 85 77 23 29,873 52Nödinge Ö 1,675 1,218 45.3 52.8 87 77 23 30,996 48Skepplanda N 1,379 1,115 37.7 60.4 85 91 9 27,677 29Skepplanda V 1,809 1,320 38.2 60.0 86 82 18 29,171 38Skepplanda Ö 2,078 1,522 40.9 58.0 85 83 17 26,953 30Starrkärr 1,875 1,422 36.3 62.6 86 90 10 27,970 30Surte N 1,607 1,203 48.6 48.8 81 63 37 26,594 39Surte S 1,663 1,198 48.8 49.6 79 56 44 27,490 42Älvängen C 1,327 1,058 44.1 54.4 83 84 16 26,096 46Älvängen N 1,357 1,008 45.9 53.2 82 81 19 26,789 36Älvängen S 1,767 1,232 44.9 53.9 90 84 16 30,984 46Älvängen Ö 2,027 1,217 46.2 52.8 91 76 24 32,655 56Source: SVT
Religion Kilanda Church
Sister cities Ale has two sister cities: Bertinoro, Italy Kaufungen, Germany
References
External links
Ale Municipality - Official site