
Hjälmseryd
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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest20 m
- Distance to water460 m
- Distance to farmland110 m
- Distance to shoreline460 m
Disturbance
- Distance to major road30 m
- Distance to railway4.2 km
- Distance to industry3.8 km
- Distance to power line2.1 km
Services
- Distance to grocery store3.7 km
- Distance to school12.8 km
- Distance to train station9.3 km
Median across 28 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 470–435
- 515–948
- 4210–1452
- 5915–1947
- 3820–2432
- 2525–2922
- 3630–3445
- 4035–3941
- 5240–4441
- 5245–4948
- 6550–5460
- 8655–5969
- 7660–6467
- 7365–6951
- 6970–7464
- 6775–7958
- 6580+74
Men 943Women 854
Marital status
- Unmarried774 (43 %)
- Married804 (45 %)
- Divorced146 (8 %)
- Widowed75 (4 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the statistical area (DeSO) covering Hjälmseryd, 1,797 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 61 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
- Stockholm4 h 58 min
- Gothenburg2 h 48 min
- Malmö3 h 7 min
- Municipal seat24 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
- Allsarpasjön125 ha1.1 km
- Rydasjön69 ha1.7 km
- Svinasjön114 ha2.1 km
- Mossjö55 ha2.3 km
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Associations and activities
- Gamla Hjälmseryds kyrkakyrkaReligion
- Hjälmseryds 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 zone26.9 km
- Wildfire area (since 2018)12.8 km
- Potentially contaminated land3 in the locality360 m
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve10.2 km
- Natura 200014.5 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest28.5 km
- Water protection area3.7 km
- Habitat protection1.9 km
- National conservation interest5.7 km
- National heritage interest6.9 km
Services & safety
- School3.7 km
- Fire station9.5 km
- Police station28.7 km
- Civil defence shelter9.5 km
- Vulnerable area (police)41.5 km
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site2.9 km
- Swimming pool9.9 km
- Campsite3.6 km
- Hiking trail6.8 km
- Cycle trail6.7 km
- Ski trail48.1 km
- Floodlit track33.6 km
- Birding site35.5 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant3.6 km
- Café1 in the locality100 m
- Petrol station8.8 km
- Library13 km
- Sports hall8.5 km
- Hotel10.6 km
- Care home25.2 km
- Recycling centre27.7 km
Disturbance
- Major road140 m
- Railway10.3 km
- Power line2.2 km
- Wind turbine12.7 km
- Mobile mast630 m
- Military area22.3 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)650 m
- Mine19.7 km
- Quarry4.3 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark7.6 km
- Church1 in the locality320 m
- Community hall20.6 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
- Population11,563
- Median income371,200 kr/yr
- Average age43.2 years
The figures describe Sävsjö Municipality as a whole, not Hjälmseryd.