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Väckelsång
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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest30 m
- Distance to water570 m
- Distance to farmland290 m
- Distance to shoreline570 m
Disturbance
- Distance to major road20 m
- Distance to railway18.8 km
- Distance to industry11.6 km
- Distance to power line3.4 km
Services
- Distance to grocery store550 m
- Distance to school520 m
- Distance to train station21.2 km
Median across 382 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 520–454
- 585–968
- 8010–1457
- 6215–1943
- 3520–2433
- 3425–2924
- 7730–3477
- 5435–3968
- 7640–4464
- 5945–4944
- 6750–5464
- 5955–5972
- 6160–6457
- 7765–6986
- 8470–7463
- 8175–7955
- 6780+82
Men 1,083Women 1,011
Marital status
- Unmarried1,108 (53 %)
- Married678 (32 %)
- Divorced193 (9 %)
- Widowed113 (5 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the statistical area (DeSO) covering Väckelsång, 2,094 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 946 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
- Gothenburg3 h 30 min
- Malmö2 h 36 min
- Municipal seat12 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
- Fiskestadsjön464 ha1.8 km
- Kroksjön24 ha3.2 km
- Åsnen7,126 ha3.8 km
- Hyllen449 ha6.6 km
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Associations and activities
- Väckelsångs 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 zone3.9 km
- Wildfire area (since 2018)12.7 km
- Potentially contaminated land13 in the locality90 m
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve5.4 km
- Natura 20005.4 km
- Extended shoreline protection47.7 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest2.4 km
- Water protection area13.7 km
- Habitat protection2.2 km
- National conservation interest2.8 km
- National heritage interest3.8 km
Services & safety
- School1 in the locality110 m
- Fire station13.1 km
- Police station13.4 km
- Civil defence shelter6 in the locality260 m
- Vulnerable area (police)28.2 km
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site3.7 km
- Swimming pool4.2 km
- Campsite10.3 km
- Hiking trail2 km
- Cycle trail420 m
- Floodlit track24 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant3 in the locality310 m
- Café11.4 km
- Petrol station1 in the locality910 m
- Library1 in the locality20 m
- Sports hall2 in the locality60 m
- Hotel13.7 km
- Care home1 in the locality330 m
- Recycling centre1 in the locality490 m
Disturbance
- Major road350 m
- Railway18.9 km
- Power line3.2 km
- Wind turbine25.1 km
- Mobile mast10 km
- Military area29.8 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)4 in the locality380 m
- Mine44.7 km
- Quarry10 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark1 in the locality640 m
- Church1 in the locality620 m
- Community hall1 in the locality300 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
- Population11,966
- Median income369,100 kr/yr
- Average age47.4 years
The figures describe Tingsryd Municipality as a whole, not Väckelsång.