
Morkarla
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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest20 m
- Distance to water570 m
- Distance to farmland90 m
- Distance to shoreline570 m
Disturbance
- Distance to major road30 m
- Distance to railway2.5 km
- Distance to industry7.1 km
- Distance to power line2.9 km
Services
- Distance to grocery store7.2 km
- Distance to school7.3 km
- Distance to train station17.4 km
Median across 34 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 250–424
- 245–928
- 3210–1436
- 3215–1932
- 1820–2415
- 2225–2911
- 2230–3429
- 3435–3932
- 2640–4428
- 3145–4929
- 3850–5438
- 5055–5947
- 5660–6444
- 4965–6941
- 4670–7439
- 3675–7920
- 4380+33
Men 584Women 526
Marital status
- Unmarried560 (51 %)
- Married395 (36 %)
- Divorced116 (10 %)
- Widowed34 (3 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the statistical area (DeSO) covering Morkarla, 1,110 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 70 inhabitants. A statistical area follows no locality boundary, so the figures describe the area around the locality, not the locality alone.
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Driving time
- Stockholm1 h 42 min
- Municipal seat39 min
Modelled car route (MOTIS), not a navigator's ETA — the figures run systematically high but are comparable between localities. Destinations not listed are more than six hours away.
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Lakes nearby
- Hammardammen131 ha3.2 km
- Rastsjön56 ha4.5 km
- Lillsjön13 ha5.4 km
- Harvikadammen86 ha5.6 km
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Associations and activities
- MorkarlabygdegårdLocal heritage
- Morkarla kyrkakyrkaReligion
Associations and activities carrying the locality's name, from the municipalities' own registers, the Swedish Sports Confederation and the Swedish Tax Agency. The list is not exhaustive: an association without the locality name in its name is not included.
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Surroundings
Natural hazards
- Flood zone18.7 km
- Wildfire area (since 2018)3.3 km
- Potentially contaminated land2 in the locality410 m
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve7.3 km
- Natura 200014.2 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest14.3 km
- Water protection area7.6 km
- Habitat protection12.5 km
- National conservation interest2.2 km
- National heritage interest2.6 km
Services & safety
- School7.1 km
- Fire station7.6 km
- Police station25.9 km
- Civil defence shelter7.6 km
- Vulnerable area (police)40.4 km
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site6.7 km
- Swimming pool7.9 km
- Campsite6.8 km
- Hiking trail5.7 km
- Cycle trail150 m
- Ski trail27.7 km
- Floodlit track7.8 km
- Birding site41.8 km
- Geologically notable site32.7 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant6.9 km
- Café10.7 km
- Petrol station7.9 km
- Library7.1 km
- Sports hall7.1 km
- Hotel12.3 km
- Care home7.6 km
- Recycling centre7.1 km
Disturbance
- Major road2.7 km
- Railway7.5 km
- Power line3.3 km
- Wind turbine29 km
- Mobile mast7.6 km
- Military area32.6 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)4.7 km
- Mine3.3 km
- Quarry9.2 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark6.8 km
- Church1 in the locality590 m
- Community hall7.1 km
Distances are measured from the locality's centre to the nearest point in the layer, capped at 50 km. Counts are exact within the locality boundary. A layer not listed has nothing within the cap.
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Applies to the whole municipality
- Population22,138
- Median income406,300 kr/yr
- Average age46.3 years
The figures describe Östhammar Municipality as a whole, not Morkarla.