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Överum
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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest20 m
- Distance to water420 m
- Distance to farmland1 km
- Distance to shoreline420 m
Disturbance
- Distance to major road20 m
- Distance to railway780 m
- Distance to industry380 m
- Distance to power line1.2 km
Services
- Distance to grocery store350 m
- Distance to school660 m
- Distance to train station1.1 km
Median across 526 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 200–422
- 165–920
- 3110–1424
- 2715–1930
- 3520–2415
- 2425–2913
- 3630–3434
- 1835–3916
- 2240–4418
- 3845–4926
- 4550–5435
- 3755–5924
- 3560–6438
- 5065–6944
- 3870–7431
- 3875–7942
- 5880+67
Men 568Women 499
Marital status
- Unmarried532 (50 %)
- Married342 (32 %)
- Divorced104 (10 %)
- Widowed84 (8 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the statistical area (DeSO) covering Överum, 1,067 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 1,096 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 32 min
- Gothenburg4 h 29 min
- Malmö5 h 35 min
- Municipal seat34 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
- Såduggen100 ha540 m
- Holmsjön35 ha1.3 km
- Ryven142 ha1.3 km
- Skörserummesjön15 ha1.4 km
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Nearest localities
- Stångeland57 inhabitants8.4 km
- Björnsholm90 inhabitants8.5 km
- Edsbruk281 inhabitants9.6 km
- Gamleby2,759 inhabitants10 km
- Ukna91 inhabitants10 km
- Björkhaga107 inhabitants10.5 km
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Associations and activities
- Överums HästsportföreningridSports
- Överums slalombackesporthallSports
- Överums BruksmuseummuseumCulture
- Överums kyrkakyrkaReligion
- PRO Överum-DalhempensionärsföreningSocial
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 zone22.2 km
- Wildfire area (since 2018)9.7 km
- Potentially contaminated land13 in the locality100 m
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve5.8 km
- Natura 200016.8 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest3.9 km
- Water protection area2.9 km
- Habitat protection2.1 km
- National conservation interest6.9 km
- National heritage interestThe locality lies within
Services & safety
- School1 in the locality360 m
- Fire station24 km
- Police station30.5 km
- Civil defence shelter4 in the locality220 m
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site1 km
- Swimming pool14.5 km
- Campsite11 km
- Hiking trail1.1 km
- Cycle trail80 m
- Ski trail32.8 km
- Floodlit track29.9 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant1 in the locality340 m
- Café7.3 km
- Petrol station1 in the locality110 m
- Library29.5 km
- Sports hall1 in the locality410 m
- Hotel11.5 km
- Care home12.7 km
- Recycling centre1 in the locality1.1 km
Disturbance
- Major road520 m
- Railway520 m
- Power line1000 m
- Wind turbine15.9 km
- Mobile mast1.4 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)2 in the locality560 m
- Mine5.2 km
- Quarry11.7 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark1 in the locality940 m
- Church1 in the locality640 m
- Community hall11.4 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 Överum.