
Vadstena
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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest320 m
- Distance to water550 m
- Distance to farmland350 m
- Distance to shoreline550 m
Disturbance
- Distance to major road20 m
- Distance to railway400 m
- Distance to industry320 m
- Distance to power line1.4 km
Services
- Distance to grocery store520 m
- Distance to school420 m
- Distance to train station1.2 km
Median across 1,602 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 1200–4101
- 1375–9132
- 15810–14147
- 13015–19117
- 11920–24114
- 10925–29104
- 14630–34143
- 15735–39153
- 14340–44138
- 16445–49135
- 15850–54182
- 17855–59198
- 18260–64220
- 19465–69209
- 19370–74258
- 25775–79276
- 29980+432
Men 2,844Women 3,059
Marital status
- Unmarried2,687 (45 %)
- Married2,082 (35 %)
- Divorced708 (12 %)
- Widowed444 (7 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the 4 statistical areas (DeSO) covering Vadstena, 5,903 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 5,802 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 21 min
- Gothenburg3 h 15 min
- Malmö4 h 32 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
- Vättern188,560 ha1.1 km
- Tåkern2,937 ha7.9 km
- Illersjön7 ha15.4 km
- Boren2,700 ha16.2 km
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Associations and activities
- HUSET i VadstenaOther
- Vadstena – var med och starta upp igen!scoutkårOutdoor life
- Vadstena ScoutkårscoutkårOutdoor life
- Vadstena DiscGolfdiscgolfSports
- Vadstena GolfklubbgolfSports
- Kulturskolan i VadstenamusikskolaCulture
- Vadstena Nya TeaterteaterCulture
- Vadstena SlottmuseumCulture
- Vadstena StadsmuseummuseumCulture
- Vadstena bibliotekbibliotekCulture
- Vadstena KlosterkyrkakyrkaReligion
- PRO VadstenapensionärsföreningSocial
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 zone13 km
- Wildfire area (since 2018)30.6 km
- Potentially contaminated land53 in the locality210 m
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve3.5 km
- Natura 2000680 m
- National outdoor-recreation interest6.4 km
- Water protection area1.7 km
- Habitat protection9.9 km
- National conservation interest1 km
- National heritage interest260 m
Services & safety
- School5 in the locality80 m
- Fire station1 in the locality210 m
- Police station1 in the locality530 m
- Civil defence shelter18 in the locality220 m
- Vulnerable area (police)36.8 km
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site940 m
- Swimming pool2 in the locality1 km
- Campsite1 in the locality1000 m
- Hiking trail570 m
- Cycle trail540 m
- Ski trail46 km
- Floodlit track10.9 km
- Birding site12.5 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant10 in the locality140 m
- Café7 in the locality540 m
- Petrol station1 in the locality950 m
- Library1 in the locality510 m
- Sports hall1 in the locality760 m
- Hotel7 in the locality140 m
- Care home3 in the locality590 m
- Recycling centre2.6 km
Disturbance
- Major road630 m
- Railway9.6 km
- Power line1.3 km
- Wind turbine4.3 km
- Mobile mast5 km
- Military area8.5 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)18.2 km
- Mine28.3 km
- Quarry12.9 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark8 in the locality310 m
- Church4 in the locality240 m
- Community hall1 in the locality420 m
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
- Population7,490
- Median income397,100 kr/yr
- Average age49.6 years