Ale Municipality Ale kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 57°55′30″N 12°05′13″E / 57.925°N 12.0869°E / 57.925; 12.0869
Country	Sweden
County	Västra Götaland County
Seat	Nödinge-Nol
Area [1]
• Total	332.1359 km2 (128.2384 sq mi)
• Land	317.0959 km2 (122.4314 sq mi)
• Water	15.04 km2 (5.81 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2021)[2]
• Total	32,148
• Density	97/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Västergötland
Municipal code	1440
Website	www.ale.se

Ale Municipality (Ale kommun) 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 57°55′33″N 12°5′1″E / 57.92583°N 12.08361°E / 57.92583; 12.08361

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.^[3]

In total there were 32,109 residents, including 23,187 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 45.4% voted for the left coalition and 52.9% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Sister cities

Ale has two sister cities:

• Bertinoro, Italy
• Kaufungen, Germany