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Loftahammar
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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest30 m
- Distance to water680 m
- Distance to farmland200 m
- Distance to shoreline290 m
Disturbance
- Distance to major road20 m
- Distance to railway15.7 km
- Distance to industry920 m
- Distance to power line7.8 km
Services
- Distance to grocery store1.3 km
- Distance to school1.2 km
- Distance to train station16.4 km
Median across 734 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 80–46
- 175–916
- 2510–1419
- 1915–1916
- 1320–243
- 525–295
- 1030–3410
- 1335–3918
- 1240–4416
- 2345–4923
- 2450–5417
- 4155–5926
- 4260–6442
- 3065–6940
- 5070–7447
- 5975–7940
- 6680+44
Men 457Women 388
Marital status
- Unmarried307 (36 %)
- Married409 (48 %)
- Divorced88 (10 %)
- Widowed46 (5 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the statistical area (DeSO) covering Loftahammar, 845 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 425 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
- Stockholm3 h 41 min
- Gothenburg4 h 49 min
- Malmö5 h 54 min
- Municipal seat54 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
- Frisksjön276 ha2.4 km
- Stora göl9 ha4.5 km
- Kvännaren175 ha17.9 km
- Hästhagssjön48 ha19.6 km
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Nearest localities
- Piperskärr687 inhabitants12.7 km
- Vråka56 inhabitants13.9 km
- Västervik21,615 inhabitants14.2 km
- Solhäll87 inhabitants16 km
- Björkhaga107 inhabitants16.3 km
- Lilla Örserum56 inhabitants19.7 km
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Associations and activities
- LoftahammarbygdegårdLocal heritage
- Loftahammar DiscGolfParkdiscgolfSports
- Loftahammars 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 zone44.4 km
- Wildfire area (since 2018)11.8 km
- Potentially contaminated land15 in the locality580 m
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve1.6 km
- Natura 20008.9 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest1.1 km
- Water protection area750 m
- Habitat protection2.9 km
- National conservation interest950 m
- National heritage interest1.7 km
Services & safety
- School1 in the locality730 m
- Fire station1 in the locality1.2 km
- Police station15.9 km
- Civil defence shelter1 in the locality730 m
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site1 km
- Swimming pool1 in the locality1.1 km
- Campsite940 m
- Hiking trail14.3 km
- Cycle trail860 m
- Ski trail17.9 km
- Floodlit track35.8 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant2 in the locality580 m
- Café1 in the locality890 m
- Petrol station1 in the locality860 m
- Library34.5 km
- Sports hall11.6 km
- Hotel1 in the locality930 m
- Care home17.7 km
- Recycling centre6.9 km
Disturbance
- Major road840 m
- Railway15.9 km
- Power line7.7 km
- Wind turbine20.8 km
- Mobile mast1 in the locality1.2 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)1.3 km
- Mine21.5 km
- Quarry15.5 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark4.4 km
- Church1 in the locality910 m
- Community hall15.2 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
- Population36,447
- Median income380,900 kr/yr
- Average age47.3 years
The figures describe Västervik Municipality as a whole, not Loftahammar.