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Lessebo
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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest50 m
- Distance to water480 m
- Distance to farmland1 km
- Distance to shoreline480 m
Disturbance
- Distance to major road20 m
- Distance to railway1 km
- Distance to industry280 m
- Distance to power line4.5 km
Services
- Distance to grocery store670 m
- Distance to school650 m
- Distance to train station1.3 km
Median across 1,043 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 670–476
- 955–994
- 9010–14111
- 12615–19115
- 8020–2467
- 6525–2944
- 7830–3473
- 8935–3974
- 9640–4486
- 9145–4978
- 9650–5464
- 8455–5993
- 8060–6474
- 7565–6974
- 8670–7467
- 7475–7952
- 7880+128
Men 1,450Women 1,370
Marital status
- Unmarried1,479 (53 %)
- Married937 (33 %)
- Divorced250 (9 %)
- Widowed141 (5 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the 2 statistical areas (DeSO) covering Lessebo, 2,820 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 2,881 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
- Stockholm5 h 51 min
- Gothenburg3 h 33 min
- Malmö3 h 1 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
- Läen1,117 ha920 m
- Storsjön277 ha1.2 km
- Toragöl8 ha2.3 km
- Kvarnsjön20 ha3.7 km
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Nearest localities
- Hovmantorp3,208 inhabitants7.3 km
- Skruv485 inhabitants9.1 km
- Kosta836 inhabitants11 km
- Kullerstad103 inhabitants12.4 km
- Linneryd449 inhabitants12.6 km
- Granbäcken96 inhabitants13.1 km
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Associations and activities
- Lessebo scoutkårscoutkårOutdoor life
- Lessebo HembygdsmuseumhembygdsgardLocal heritage
- Lessebo idrottsplatssporthallSports
- Lessebo HembygdsmuseummuseumCulture
- Lessebo bibliotekbibliotekCulture
- Lessebo KapellkyrkaReligion
- Lessebo kyrkakyrkaReligion
- PRO LessebopensionärsföreningSocial
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 zone4.5 km
- Wildfire area (since 2018)8.2 km
- Potentially contaminated land27 in the locality260 m
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve6.9 km
- Natura 20006.9 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest25.4 km
- Water protection area910 m
- Habitat protection4.1 km
- National conservation interest7 km
- National heritage interest130 m
Services & safety
- School7 in the locality150 m
- Fire station1 in the locality540 m
- Police station1 in the locality210 m
- Civil defence shelter3 in the locality230 m
- Vulnerable area (police)32.3 km
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site1 in the locality1.2 km
- Swimming pool12.5 km
- Campsite1 in the locality1.3 km
- Hiking trail1.1 km
- Cycle trail780 m
- Ski trail39.8 km
- Floodlit track44.5 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant3 in the locality180 m
- Café10.1 km
- Petrol station3 in the locality320 m
- Library1 in the locality380 m
- Sports hall2 in the locality730 m
- Hotel9.9 km
- Care home12.5 km
- Recycling centre1.8 km
Disturbance
- Major road280 m
- Railway1.1 km
- Power line4.7 km
- Wind turbine13.2 km
- Mobile mast9.9 km
- Military area13.9 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)6 in the locality440 m
- Quarry10.5 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark2 in the locality520 m
- Church2 in the locality40 m
- Community hall10.2 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
- Population8,289
- Median income355,400 kr/yr
- Average age44.0 years