Älvängen (earlier Elfängen) is a locality situatit in Ale Municipality, Västra Götaland Coonty, Swaden. It haed 4,196 inhabitants in 2010.[1] It is locatit some 30 kilometers tae the north o Gothenburg. Älvängen is cried Ale Ceety an aw.

Älvängen
Älvängen is located in Sweden
Älvängen
Älvängen
Coordinates: 57°57′N 12°07′E / 57.950°N 12.117°E / 57.950; 12.117
KintraSwaden
ProvinceVästergötland
CoontyVästra Götaland Coonty
MunicipalityAle Municipality
Area
 • Total2.96 km2 (1.14 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2010)[1]
 • Total4,196
 • Density1417/km2 (3,670/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Älvängen wis the hametown o the painter an writer Ivar Arosenius.

The P A Carlmarks rope factory wis locatit tae Älvängen. The day, thare is a museum in the auld factory locals that shows the rope productions in the early beginnin o the 20t century. The museum producit the rope for the East Indiaman Götheborg.

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  1. a b c "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swadish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived frae the original on 10 Januar 2012. Retrieved 10 Januar 2012. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)

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