Ale Municipality (''Ale kommun'') is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in
Västra Götaland County
Västra Götaland County ( sv, Västra Götalands län) is a county or '' län'' on the western coast of Sweden.
The county is the second most populous of Sweden's counties and it comprises 49 municipalities (''kommuner''). Its population of 1 ...
in western
Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of
Nödinge-Nol
Nödinge-Nol is a locality and the seat of Ale Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 9,822 inhabitants in 2010.
Overview
The town Nödinge-Nol was once three villages: Alafors, Nol and Nödinge. They have grown together int ...
, 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
Ale Hundred, or ''Ale härad'', was a hundred of Västergötland in Sweden.
See also
*Ale Municipality
Ale Municipality (''Ale kommun'') is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Nöd ...
, 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
Götaland (; also '' Geatland'', '' Gothia'', ''Gothland'', ''Gothenland'' or ''Gautland'') is one of three lands of Sweden and comprises ten provinces. Geographically it is located in the south of Sweden, bounded to the north by Svealand, wit ...
, located in Bohuslän.
Localities
Inhabitants figures from 2020.
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Nödinge-Nol
Nödinge-Nol is a locality and the seat of Ale Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 9,822 inhabitants in 2010.
Overview
The town Nödinge-Nol was once three villages: Alafors, Nol and Nödinge. They have grown together int ...
11,500 (seat)
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Surte 6,400
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Älvängen
Älvängen (earlier ''Elfängen'') is a locality situated in Ale Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 4,196 inhabitants in 2010. It is located some north of Gothenburg. Among the churches of Älvängen are the Älvängen Chur ...
6,100
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Skepplanda 1,900
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Alvhem 400
Politics
Result of the 2006 election (Turnout 81,71% 15717):
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Moderate Party
The Moderate Party ( sv, Moderata samlingspartiet , ; M), commonly referred to as the Moderates ( ), is a liberal-conservative political party in Sweden. The party generally supports tax cuts, the free market, civil liberties and economic lib ...
21,24%
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Centre Party 6,95%
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Liberals (Sweden)
The Liberals ( sv, Liberalerna, L), known as the Liberal People's Party ( sv, Folkpartiet liberalerna) until 22 November 2015, is a conservative liberal political party in Sweden. The Liberals ideologically have shown a broad variety of libera ...
7,24%
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Christian Democrats
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7,10%
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Swedish Social Democratic Party 40,01%
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Left Party 7,15%
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Green Party
A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence.
Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation f ...
4,19%
*
Sweden Democrats 3,93%
* Other Parties 2,17%
Result of the 2010 election (Turnout 85,01% 17140 +4,30%):
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Moderate Party
The Moderate Party ( sv, Moderata samlingspartiet , ; M), commonly referred to as the Moderates ( ), is a liberal-conservative political party in Sweden. The party generally supports tax cuts, the free market, civil liberties and economic lib ...
28,22%
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Centre party 4,97%
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Liberals (Sweden)
The Liberals ( sv, Liberalerna, L), known as the Liberal People's Party ( sv, Folkpartiet liberalerna) until 22 November 2015, is a conservative liberal political party in Sweden. The Liberals ideologically have shown a broad variety of libera ...
6,47%
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Christian Democrats
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5,78%
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Swedish Social Democratic Party 33,00%
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Left Party 6,08%
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Green Party
A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence.
Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation f ...
5,99%
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Sweden Democrats 8,09%
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Feminist Initiative 0,50%
* Other Parties 0,90%
Result of the 2014 election (Turnout 86,18% +1,17%, Votes 18094):
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Moderate Party
The Moderate Party ( sv, Moderata samlingspartiet , ; M), commonly referred to as the Moderates ( ), is a liberal-conservative political party in Sweden. The party generally supports tax cuts, the free market, civil liberties and economic lib ...
22,19%
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Centre Party 5,10%
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Liberals (Sweden)
The Liberals ( sv, Liberalerna, L), known as the Liberal People's Party ( sv, Folkpartiet liberalerna) until 22 November 2015, is a conservative liberal political party in Sweden. The Liberals ideologically have shown a broad variety of libera ...
4,35%
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Christian Democrats
__NOTOC__
Christian democratic parties are political parties that seek to apply Christian principles to public policy. The underlying Christian democracy movement emerged in 19th-century Europe, largely under the influence of Catholic social ...
4,36%
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Swedish Social Democratic Party 32,34%
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Left Party 6,30%
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Green Party
A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence.
Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation f ...
5,63%
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Sweden Democrats 16,25%
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Feminist Initiative 2,51%
* Other Parties 0,96%
Sister cities
Ale has two
sister cities
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties.
While there are early examples of inter ...
:
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Bertinoro,
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
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Kaufungen
Kaufungen is a municipality in the district of Kassel, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated in the narrow valley of the river Losse, surrounded by the steep, wooded hills of the Kaufunger Wald, approx. 10 kilometres east of Kassel.
Geography
Div ...
,
Germany
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References
External links
Ale Municipality- Official site
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Municipalities of Västra Götaland County
North Älvsborg
Metropolitan Gothenburg