Alingsås
Sign in to saveAlingsås () is a locality and the seat of Alingsås Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 24,482 inhabitants in 2010.
Key facts
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- Alingsås
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- Bysten av Jonas Alströmer på Stora torget i Alingsås, den 8 maj 2006. Den uppfördes av Aron Sandberg och invigdes den 2 juni 1905.JPG
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- Statue of Jonas Alströmer located at "Stora Torget" in Alingsås.
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- Sweden Västra Götaland#Sweden
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Sweden
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- Municipality
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- Alingsås Municipality
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- County
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- Västra Götaland County
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- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Västergötland
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- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1619
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 12.3523
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 31 December 2010
- Settlement.population_total
- 24,482
- Settlement.population_urban
- 38509
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Alingsås () is a locality and the seat of Alingsås Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 24,482 inhabitants in 2010.
==Geography== Geographically the city is situated by the outlet of the small rivulet Säveån into lake Mjörn. Transportation links are provided by the western main line railway (Västra stambanan) between Stockholm and Gothenburg, and by motorway through the European route E20. Next to Alingsås you can also find a small village called Sollebrunn.