Nödinge-Nol is a

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and the seat of

Ale Municipality 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, ...

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. It had 9,822 inhabitants in 2010.

Overview

The town Nödinge-Nol was once three villages:

Alafors Alafors is a town and the seat of the municipality of Ale Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. Today it is considered part of Nödinge-Nol, a northeastern neighborhood. It is located off the European route E45, E45, about 30 km nor ...

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and Nödinge. They have grown together into one locality. It is situated approximately northeast of

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next to the euro highway E45, east of the river Göta Älv. Nödinge community was originally called Kyrkby and has been the site of a church since medieval times. The current church was built in 1727 and has excellent murals. Nödinge-Nol as a common village has been defined by the Central Bureau of Statistics, based on their principles. The Land Survey Place Name Unit still lists Nödinge, Nol and Alafors as three individual places. The downtown area is dominated by apartment complexes and is surrounded by extensive countryside intermixed with villas. Downtown is Ale Torg, a shopping center with a diverse selection of stores. There is a junior high school, middle school, emergency room, library, a sports arena, a nine-hole golf course and a small boat harbor. The main public transport is

Gothenburg commuter rail Gothenburg commuter rail () is the commuter rail system associated with Gothenburg, Sweden. The trains use the main-line tracks, shared with long-distance trains and freight trains. They are operated with X11 and X61 electric multiple units. ...

, which has two stations here, Nödinge and Nol and takes you to Gothenburg in about 15 minutes. The surrounding countryside includes very steep hills around the river

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. In the southeast is the nature reserv
Vättlefjäll
which has numerous hiking trails and lakes in various sizes that are spread out over . The Göta Älv ridge to the east. Inside the town itself there are a large number of steep hills intermixed with flat valleys that today is fertile farmland, but which once was the sea bottom. The hills used to be islets of the old archipelago. Ale is known for many things, best found on

page. Alafors for its brewery

Ahlafors Bryggerier Ahlafors Bryggerier is a Swedish microbrewery located in Ale, Västra Götaland county. The beers can be found in a few restaurants and be bought through the order segment at Systembolaget (Västra Götaland County only). The alcohol by volume ( ...

, Nol for the former industrial factories.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nodinge-Nol Municipal seats of Västra Götaland County Swedish municipal seats Populated places in Ale Municipality