Ale Municipality

Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Ale kommun


county=Västra Götaland County
province=Västergötland
capital=Nödinge-Nol


arearank=230th
area=333.25
arealand=318.27
populationrank=90th
population=26,800
densityrank=60th
populationdensity=84.2
website=http://www.ale.se/
footnotes=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.

Localities

Inhabitants figures from 2000.

*Nödinge-Nol 8,800 (seat)
*Surte 5,400
*Älvängen 3,700
*Skepplanda 1,900
*Alvhem 223

ister cities

Ale has three sister cities:
*Bertinoro, Italy
*Kaufungen, Germany
*Ruukki, Finland

External links

* [http://www.ale.se/ Ale Municipality] - Official site