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Valdemarsvik
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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest30 m
- Distance to water540 m
- Distance to farmland450 m
- Distance to shoreline460 m
Disturbance
- Distance to major road20 m
- Distance to railway22.9 km
- Distance to industry340 m
- Distance to power line420 m
Services
- Distance to grocery store760 m
- Distance to school690 m
- Distance to train station23.9 km
Median across 931 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 610–454
- 785–976
- 8610–1463
- 9015–1983
- 7820–2444
- 7025–2942
- 8230–3468
- 7735–3984
- 7440–4470
- 8145–4975
- 7750–5482
- 8455–5975
- 8760–6494
- 10165–6980
- 9670–74102
- 11575–79140
- 16180+194
Men 1,498Women 1,426
Marital status
- Unmarried1,384 (48 %)
- Married972 (33 %)
- Divorced363 (12 %)
- Widowed188 (6 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the 2 statistical areas (DeSO) covering Valdemarsvik, 2,924 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 2,655 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 1 min
- Gothenburg4 h 33 min
- Malmö5 h 50 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
- Lillsjön11 ha3.1 km
- Sävsjön43 ha3.4 km
- Hemsjön34 ha3.5 km
- Gåsen75 ha4.2 km
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Associations and activities
- Valdemarsvik – var med och starta!scoutkårOutdoor life
- Valdemarsviks scoutkårscoutkårOutdoor life
- Valdemarsviks bibliotekbibliotekCulture
- Valdemarsviks kyrkakyrkaReligion
- PRO Gryt-ValdemarsvikpensionärsföreningSocial
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 zone44.1 km
- Wildfire area (since 2018)6.1 km
- Potentially contaminated land36 in the locality180 m
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve3.1 km
- Natura 200013 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest23.9 km
- Water protection area7 km
- Habitat protection3.4 km
- National conservation interest3.1 km
- National heritage interest10.8 km
Services & safety
- School2 in the locality180 m
- Fire station1 in the locality640 m
- Police station34.2 km
- Civil defence shelter8 in the locality170 m
- Vulnerable area (police)42.2 km
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site2.1 km
- Swimming pool1 in the locality780 m
- Campsite1 in the locality1.1 km
- Hiking trail570 m
- Cycle trail440 m
- Floodlit track1 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant7 in the locality100 m
- Café2 in the locality720 m
- Petrol station2 in the locality710 m
- Library1 in the locality460 m
- Sports hall2 km
- Hotel1 in the locality180 m
- Care home1 in the locality530 m
- Recycling centre24.7 km
Disturbance
- Major road140 m
- Railway20.7 km
- Power line330 m
- Wind turbine11.8 km
- Mobile mast1.1 km
- Military area39.1 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)1.5 km
- Mine9.3 km
- Quarry6.8 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark11.6 km
- Church2 in the locality460 m
- Community hall35.8 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
- Population7,525
- Median income359,900 kr/yr
- Average age49.0 years