Backa
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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest20 m
- Distance to water470 m
- Distance to farmland60 m
- Distance to shoreline470 m
Disturbance
- Distance to major road30 m
- Distance to railway5.5 km
- Distance to industry170 m
- Distance to power line7.5 km
Services
- Distance to grocery store5.2 km
- Distance to school2.1 km
- Distance to train station9.6 km
Median across 40 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 330–426
- 405–935
- 4210–1436
- 4515–1918
- 2920–2411
- 2425–2932
- 4830–3438
- 4035–3944
- 3640–4434
- 4845–4932
- 4550–5440
- 5555–5960
- 8060–6450
- 5665–6972
- 6470–7452
- 6675–7952
- 6880+63
Men 819Women 695
Marital status
- Unmarried755 (50 %)
- Married557 (37 %)
- Divorced137 (9 %)
- Widowed73 (5 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the statistical area (DeSO) covering Backa, 1,514 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 60 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
- Stockholm4 h 2 min
- Gothenburg3 h 48 min
- Malmö4 h 54 min
- Municipal seat15 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
- Lilla Gransjön10 ha1.6 km
- Stora Gransjön13 ha1.6 km
- Solaren303 ha2.4 km
- Snokebogöl10 ha2.7 km
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Surroundings
Natural hazards
- Flood zone1.8 km
- Wildfire area (since 2018)5.7 km
- Potentially contaminated land2 in the locality240 m
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve11.1 km
- Natura 200016.4 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest16.4 km
- Water protection area500 m
- Habitat protection2.1 km
- National conservation interest100 m
- National heritage interestThe locality lies within
Services & safety
- School5.3 km
- Fire station9.6 km
- Police station9.9 km
- Civil defence shelter6.2 km
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site3.2 km
- Swimming pool8.5 km
- Campsite9.7 km
- Hiking trail840 m
- Cycle trail1.2 km
- Ski trail43.6 km
- Floodlit track21.8 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant5.1 km
- Café1.2 km
- Petrol station8.9 km
- Library5.3 km
- Sports hall6.2 km
- Hotel9 km
- Care home29.4 km
- Recycling centre9.4 km
Disturbance
- Major road6.6 km
- Railway5.8 km
- Power line7.4 km
- Wind turbine15.5 km
- Mobile mast11.6 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)2.3 km
- Mine31.4 km
- Quarry7.5 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark2.6 km
- Church1 in the locality200 m
- Community hall9.4 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
- Population15,384
- Median income389,800 kr/yr
- Average age45.3 years
The figures describe Vimmerby Municipality as a whole, not Backa.