Alingsås Municipality

Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Alingsås kommun


county=Västra Götaland County
province=Västergötland
capital=Alingsås


arearank=177th
area=554.59
arealand=474.90
populationrank=66th
population=36,481
densityrank=69th
populationdensity=76.8
website=http://www.alingsas.se/
footnotes=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.

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

ister cities

Alingsås has seven sister cities:
*Leisi, Estonia
*Karis, Finland
*Kartong, Gambia
*Mont-de-Marsan, France
*Ocatal, Nicaragua
*Skedsmo, Norway
*Tårnby, Denmark

External links

* [http://www.alingsas.se/ Alingsås Municipality] - Official site
*sv icon [http://runeberg.org/nfba/0331.html Articles Alingsås and Alingsås manufakturverk] - From Nordisk familjebok