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 E45, about 30 km north of Gothenburg and approximately 1 km from the east bank of the Göta River.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Alafors
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_skyline: Furulundsparken.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Furulundsparken
Settlement.pushpin_map: Sweden Västra Götaland#Sweden
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Västergötland
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Västra Götaland County
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Ale Municipality
Settlement.population_as_of: 2010
Settlement.population_total: 1520
Settlement.timezone: CET
Settlement.utc_offset: +1

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In 1970 the town grew up with the railroad town Nol and 1990 with Nödinge, which today form an urban area, Nödinge-Nol. Alafors contains the Ale municipal building, whose facade has enamel artwork by Endre Nemes. There is a high school, park, Ahlafors IF football club which play at Furulundsparken, and a ski slope. A former spinning mill was located here which ceased operations in 1966. Swedish death metal group Eructation was formed in Alafors in 1988.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alafors” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.