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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest50 m
- Distance to water490 m
- Distance to farmland140 m
- Distance to shoreline490 m
Disturbance
- Distance to major road20 m
- Distance to railway310 m
- Distance to industry220 m
- Distance to power line1.6 km
Services
- Distance to grocery store460 m
- Distance to school780 m
- Distance to train station8.3 km
Median across 377 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 100–421
- 285–926
- 3310–1432
- 3015–1932
- 1420–2412
- 2025–2912
- 2630–3424
- 2335–3931
- 3740–4422
- 2845–4936
- 3550–5431
- 4855–5946
- 5160–6449
- 5165–6960
- 6170–7454
- 4475–7929
- 4280+44
Men 581Women 561
Marital status
- Unmarried517 (45 %)
- Married441 (38 %)
- Divorced122 (11 %)
- Widowed78 (7 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the statistical area (DeSO) covering Ruda, 1,142 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 556 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 5 min
- Gothenburg4 h 20 min
- Malmö4 h 17 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
- Stora Sinnern230 ha3.4 km
- Sinnergöl10 ha3.7 km
- Lilla Sinnern114 ha4.5 km
- Bötagöl12 ha5.5 km
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Surroundings
Natural hazards
- Flood zone2.3 km
- Wildfire area (since 2018)6.3 km
- Potentially contaminated land26 in the locality50 m
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve2.1 km
- Natura 20008.1 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest6.1 km
- Water protection area1.8 km
- Habitat protection3.8 km
- National conservation interest2.6 km
- National heritage interest1 km
Services & safety
- School1 in the locality680 m
- Fire station8.9 km
- Police station21.3 km
- Civil defence shelter1 in the locality750 m
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site8.8 km
- Swimming pool12.9 km
- Campsite8.8 km
- Hiking trail6.4 km
- Cycle trail16.2 km
- Ski trail43.9 km
- Floodlit track19.4 km
- Geologically notable site43.4 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant7.5 km
- Café9 km
- Petrol station1 in the locality380 m
- Library8.2 km
- Sports hall1 in the locality720 m
- Hotel13 km
- Care home23.9 km
- Recycling centre8.4 km
Disturbance
- Major road120 m
- Railway330 m
- Power line2 km
- Wind turbine6 km
- Mobile mast2.6 km
- Military area2.4 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)1.8 km
- Mine39.1 km
- Quarry1.1 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark22.1 km
- Church5 km
- Community hall19.1 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
- Population5,321
- Median income335,700 kr/yr
- Average age47.8 years
The figures describe Högsby Municipality as a whole, not Ruda.