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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest80 m
- Distance to water490 m
- Distance to farmland610 m
- Distance to shoreline490 m
Disturbance
- Distance to major road20 m
- Distance to railway21 km
- Distance to industry220 m
- Distance to power line3.4 km
Services
- Distance to grocery store550 m
- Distance to school590 m
- Distance to train station9.9 km
Median across 557 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 380–438
- 475–965
- 5110–1459
- 6515–1949
- 3620–2422
- 3325–2926
- 4130–3440
- 5135–3961
- 4740–4455
- 3945–4936
- 4150–5443
- 4555–5934
- 5260–6439
- 4265–6933
- 3470–7454
- 5075–7954
- 6080+67
Men 772Women 775
Marital status
- Unmarried758 (49 %)
- Married573 (37 %)
- Divorced130 (8 %)
- Widowed89 (6 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the statistical area (DeSO) covering Braås, 1,547 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 1,633 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 23 min
- Gothenburg3 h 24 min
- Malmö3 h 11 min
- Municipal seat26 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
- Örken2,318 ha610 m
- Drättingesjön134 ha1 km
- Madkroken1,152 ha2.6 km
- Dällingen68 ha4 km
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Nearest localities
- 0780SB12069 inhabitants4.2 km
- Dädesjö146 inhabitants6 km
- Brittatorp130 inhabitants7.2 km
- Norrhult-Klavreström1,184 inhabitants9 km
- Rottne2,465 inhabitants9.8 km
- Gasslanda50 inhabitants12.3 km
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Associations and activities
- Braås hembygdsgårdhembygdsgardLocal heritage
- Braås hembygdsgårdmuseumCulture
- PRO BraåspensionärsföreningSocial
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 zone15 km
- Wildfire area (since 2018)6.7 km
- Potentially contaminated land12 in the locality290 m
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve640 m
- Natura 200017.5 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest40.6 km
- Water protection area550 m
- Habitat protection6.5 km
- National conservation interest7.9 km
- National heritage interest5.3 km
Services & safety
- School4 in the locality470 m
- Fire station10.6 km
- Police station21.4 km
- Civil defence shelter1 in the locality490 m
- Vulnerable area (police)23.6 km
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site1 in the locality710 m
- Swimming pool20.3 km
- Campsite1 in the locality550 m
- Hiking trail5.4 km
- Cycle trail3.9 km
- Floodlit track22.1 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant10.7 km
- Café9.9 km
- Petrol station2 in the locality280 m
- Library9.9 km
- Sports hall10.2 km
- Hotel10 km
- Care home21.3 km
- Recycling centre21 km
Disturbance
- Major road340 m
- Railway25.1 km
- Power line3.3 km
- Wind turbine5.2 km
- Mobile mast1.3 km
- Military area26.8 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)3 km
- Mine21.7 km
- Quarry18.1 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark1 in the locality750 m
- Church1 in the locality890 m
- Community hall9.5 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
- Population98,334
- Median income384,200 kr/yr
- Average age40.4 years
The figures describe Växjö Municipality as a whole, not Braås.