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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest20 m
- Distance to water260 m
- Distance to farmland110 m
- Distance to shoreline260 m
Disturbance
- Distance to major road20 m
- Distance to railway20.8 km
- Distance to industry10.2 km
- Distance to power line280 m
Services
- Distance to grocery store9.7 km
- Distance to school390 m
- Distance to train station48.3 km
Median across 223 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 420–438
- 415–948
- 3510–1434
- 2815–1936
- 2420–2413
- 3225–2932
- 5130–3453
- 4235–3943
- 4140–4433
- 3345–4937
- 5250–5441
- 4755–5959
- 6860–6457
- 6465–6963
- 4970–7461
- 6175–7945
- 5780+66
Men 767Women 759
Marital status
- Unmarried690 (45 %)
- Married648 (43 %)
- Divorced111 (7 %)
- Widowed69 (5 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the statistical area (DeSO) covering Hestra, 1,526 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 437 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
- Stockholm3 h 51 min
- Gothenburg3 h 15 min
- Malmö4 h 26 min
- Municipal seat25 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
- Hestrasjön11 ha580 m
- Raklången102 ha690 m
- Sommen13,145 ha3.9 km
- Råsa damm7 ha4.2 km
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Nearest localities
- 0512SB10553 inhabitants3.8 km
- Hätte, Seglarvik och Sandvik284 inhabitants6.8 km
- Tranås14,611 inhabitants8.2 km
- Sundhultsbrunn308 inhabitants9.4 km
- Hårdaholmen85 inhabitants9.4 km
- Asby164 inhabitants9.7 km
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Surroundings
Natural hazards
- Flood zone31.5 km
- Wildfire area (since 2018)12.4 km
- Potentially contaminated land13 in the locality170 m
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve3.5 km
- Natura 200012.7 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest3.7 km
- Water protection area40 m
- Habitat protection2.6 km
- National conservation interest4.1 km
- National heritage interest8.8 km
Services & safety
- School1 in the locality60 m
- Fire station26.8 km
- Police station33.5 km
- Civil defence shelter8.8 km
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site930 m
- Swimming pool9.4 km
- Campsite8 km
- Hiking trail5.5 km
- Cycle trail3.5 km
- Ski trail36.9 km
- Floodlit track29.5 km
- Birding site45.3 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant8.2 km
- Café4.9 km
- Petrol station1 in the locality610 m
- Library10.5 km
- Sports hall660 m
- Hotel4.5 km
- Care home36.7 km
- Recycling centre12.1 km
Disturbance
- Major road230 m
- Railway10.5 km
- Power line350 m
- Wind turbine6.3 km
- Mobile mast21.7 km
- Military area27.1 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)1.9 km
- Mine34 km
- Quarry5.6 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark8.3 km
- Church1.1 km
- Community hall19.8 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
- Population3,626
- Median income378,600 kr/yr
- Average age48.4 years
The figures describe Ydre Municipality as a whole, not Hestra.