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Vetlanda
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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest60 m
- Distance to water430 m
- Distance to farmland1000 m
- Distance to shoreline430 m
Disturbance
- Distance to major road20 m
- Distance to railway700 m
- Distance to industry310 m
- Distance to power line6.6 km
Services
- Distance to grocery store800 m
- Distance to school610 m
- Distance to train station1.2 km
Median across 3,757 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 4160–4392
- 5015–9468
- 49310–14483
- 53415–19469
- 44620–24342
- 47125–29375
- 54030–34473
- 50135–39482
- 42940–44396
- 42445–49462
- 48950–54506
- 56955–59527
- 48260–64474
- 43865–69409
- 43570–74472
- 38275–79425
- 53080+766
Men 8,080Women 7,921
Marital status
- Unmarried8,333 (52 %)
- Married5,404 (34 %)
- Divorced1,361 (9 %)
- Widowed848 (5 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the 8 statistical areas (DeSO) covering Vetlanda, 16,001 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 13,895 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 41 min
- Gothenburg3 h 2 min
- Malmö3 h 36 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
- Norrasjön84 ha2.2 km
- Grumlan427 ha2.6 km
- Föredasjön7 ha3.7 km
- Tångerdasjön17 ha4.2 km
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Nearest localities
- Sjölund54 inhabitants3.4 km
- Flugeby66 inhabitants3.6 km
- Ekenässjön1,615 inhabitants5.4 km
- Sjunnen397 inhabitants5.5 km
- Holsbybrunn784 inhabitants6.5 km
- Skede278 inhabitants7 km
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Associations and activities
- Equmenia VetlandascoutkårOutdoor life
- Vetlanda ScoutkårscoutkårOutdoor life
- Elit Vetlanda MotorstadionsporthallSports
- Vetlanda GolfbanagolfSports
- Vetlanda PistolklubbskyttebanaSports
- Vetlanda AlliansförsamlingkyrkaReligion
- Vetlanda FriförsamlingkyrkaReligion
- Vetlanda kyrkakyrkaReligion
- PRO VetlandapensionärsföreningSocial
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 zone2 km
- Wildfire area (since 2018)10.9 km
- Potentially contaminated land144 in the locality160 m
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve1.3 km
- Natura 200027.4 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest28.5 km
- Water protection area2.7 km
- Habitat protection6.4 km
- National conservation interest1.3 km
- National heritage interest1.6 km
Services & safety
- School20 in the locality490 m
- Fire station12.5 km
- Police station27.2 km
- Civil defence shelter124 in the locality70 m
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site2.3 km
- Swimming pool1 in the locality1.4 km
- Campsite1 in the locality2.4 km
- Hiking trail1.2 km
- Cycle trail820 m
- Ski trail31.6 km
- Floodlit track1.5 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant5 in the locality530 m
- Café1 in the locality720 m
- Petrol station8 in the locality320 m
- Library24.8 km
- Sports hall4 in the locality360 m
- Hotel1 in the locality1.3 km
- Care home4 in the locality240 m
- Recycling centre31.2 km
Disturbance
- Major road180 m
- Railway490 m
- Power line6.8 km
- Wind turbine4.8 km
- Mobile mast4.9 km
- Military area27.8 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)3.6 km
- Mine6.5 km
- Quarry4.5 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark2.6 km
- Church5 in the locality520 m
- Community hall22.5 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
- Population27,528
- Median income383,400 kr/yr
- Average age44.1 years