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.Photo: Frisch, Public domain.
- Type: Village
- Description: former urban area in Västra Götaland, Sweden, now part of Nödinge-Nol i Ale municipality
- Also known as: “Ahlafors”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ale city hall (previous) and Nol railway station.
Ale city hall (previous)
Town hall
Photo: Ascilto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ale city hall (previous) is a town hall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Diseröd and Älvängen.
Diseröd
Village
Photo: Bellatrix, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Diseröd is a locality situated in Kungälv Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 1,241 inhabitants in 2010. Diseröd is situated 4 km west of Alafors.
Älvängen
Village
Photo: Raphael Saulus, Public domain.
Älvängen is a locality situated in Ale Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 4,196 inhabitants in 2010. It is located some 30 km north of Gothenburg. Älvängen is situated 4 km northeast of Alafors.
Duvesjön
Village
Photo: Averater, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Duvesjön is a locality situated in Kungälv Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 247 inhabitants in 2010. Duvesjön is situated 5 km northwest of Alafors.
Alafors
- Categories: urban area in Sweden and locality
- Location: Ale Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.92544° or 57° 55′ 32″ northLongitude
12.09243° or 12° 5′ 33″ eastElevation
13 metres (43 feet)Open location code
9F9JW3GR+5XOpenStreetMap ID
node 2235653216OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Uzbek—“Alafors” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Алафорс”
- Cebuano: “Alafors”
- Danish: “Alafors”
- Dutch: “Alafors”
- Faroese: “Alafors”
- French: “Alafors”
- German: “Alafors”
- Icelandic: “Alafors”
- Irish: “Alafors”
- Italian: “Alafors”
- Ladin: “Alafors”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Alafors”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alafors”
- Norwegian: “Alafors”
- Persian: “الافورس”
- Scots: “Alafors”
- Spanish: “Alafors”
- Swedish: “Alafors”
- Uzbek: “Alafors”
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