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Alvesta
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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest60 m
- Distance to water520 m
- Distance to farmland680 m
- Distance to shoreline520 m
Disturbance
- Distance to major road20 m
- Distance to railway440 m
- Distance to industry400 m
- Distance to power line1.1 km
Services
- Distance to grocery store850 m
- Distance to school1.4 km
- Distance to train station1.2 km
Median across 2,296 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 2250–4228
- 3375–9306
- 34410–14252
- 34815–19312
- 25920–24202
- 23325–29204
- 25830–34259
- 30435–39311
- 26940–44285
- 30845–49271
- 25250–54270
- 25255–59237
- 25960–64237
- 23665–69257
- 21270–74221
- 20675–79212
- 27680+371
Men 4,578Women 4,435
Marital status
- Unmarried4,647 (52 %)
- Married3,120 (35 %)
- Divorced821 (9 %)
- Widowed420 (5 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the 5 statistical areas (DeSO) covering Alvesta, 9,013 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 9,172 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 26 min
- Gothenburg2 h 51 min
- Malmö2 h 41 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
- Salen1,759 ha650 m
- Lillsjön18 ha2.3 km
- Spånen265 ha2.6 km
- Alvasjö8 ha3.6 km
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Nearest localities
- Norregård109 inhabitants1.6 km
- Åkesgården83 inhabitants2.7 km
- Lekaryd119 inhabitants3.3 km
- Solhaga64 inhabitants4.5 km
- Gemla1,081 inhabitants5.6 km
- Hjortsberga252 inhabitants5.8 km
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Associations and activities
- Equmenia AlvestascoutkårOutdoor life
- Alvesta kyrkakyrkaReligion
- Equmeniakyrkan Alvesta - MohedakyrkaReligion
- PRO AlvestapensionärsföreningSocial
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 zone1.4 km
- Wildfire area (since 2018)14.1 km
- Potentially contaminated land92 in the locality210 m
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve1.1 km
- Natura 200013.9 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest12.5 km
- Water protection area2.2 km
- Habitat protection5.2 km
- National conservation interest7 km
- National heritage interest1.7 km
Services & safety
- School5 in the locality60 m
- Fire station1 in the locality700 m
- Police station1 in the locality140 m
- Civil defence shelter80 in the locality30 m
- Vulnerable area (police)14.1 km
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site2.7 km
- Swimming pool14.5 km
- Campsite11.3 km
- Hiking trail780 m
- Cycle trail220 m
- Floodlit track2.1 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant4 in the locality170 m
- Café3 in the locality210 m
- Petrol station9 in the locality460 m
- Library14.8 km
- Sports hall4.2 km
- Hotel1 in the locality200 m
- Care home14.9 km
- Recycling centre14.9 km
Disturbance
- Major road200 m
- Railway750 m
- Power line730 m
- Wind turbine9.9 km
- Mobile mast9.8 km
- Military area10.5 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)6 in the locality100 m
- Mine20.6 km
- Quarry7.8 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark2.7 km
- Church2 in the locality830 m
- Community hall6.1 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
- Population19,830
- Median income376,700 kr/yr
- Average age43.1 years