small locality in Vimmerby Municipality

Kulla

Kalmar County · 51 inhabitants · 24 ha

Short answer: Kulla is in Vimmerby Municipality, Kalmar County. It has 51 residents.

Photo taken 49 m from the locality centre: Richard Andersson · CC BY-SA 3.0 · licence
About the place

Living here

Kulla is a small locality (småort) in Vimmerby municipality in Kalmar County, with 51 inhabitants. Within a few kilometres there are Pelarne kyrka, Mossebo as a café, the theatre Villa Villekulla and Rumskulla kyrka. No shop or school is to be seen nearby, so everyday life requires a car.

The area around the village has an older profile: just over a quarter are over sixty-five, a quarter are between forty-five and sixty-four, while just over one in five is under twenty.

Kulla suits someone who wants a small place in the Vimmerby countryside, near churches and a café, and has a car. Anyone who wants services within walking distance should look elsewhere.

Draft. Based on a place profile from Lantmäteriet, SCB, OpenStreetMap, Wikipedia and the municipality's register of associations. To be reviewed before publication.

the register

Facts

municipalityVimmerby
countyKalmar County
population51
area24 ha
scb code0884SB113
place profile

What it is like to live here

7/100 accessibility
median in the locality
Nature proximity42/100
Quiet surroundings73/100
Rurality37/100
Urbanity24/100
Family friendliness0/100
Senior friendliness7/100
nature
forest20 m
water680 m
farmland80 m
shoreline680 m
disturbance
major road20 m
railway4.6 km
industry7.2 km
power line2.1 km
services
grocery store6.4 km
school9.1 km
train station7.6 km

Median across 29 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.

the population

Age distribution

884men
821women
menagewomen
52
0–4
44
52
5–9
59
43
10–14
41
40
15–19
42
21
20–24
27
36
25–29
28
52
30–34
62
57
35–39
51
52
40–44
42
35
45–49
33
52
50–54
51
66
55–59
50
60
60–64
77
67
65–69
70
59
70–74
46
72
75–79
65
68
80+
33
marital status
Unmarried884
51 %
Married669
39 %
Divorced116
7 %
Widowed55
3 %

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the statistical area (DeSO) covering Kulla, 1,705 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 51 inhabitants. A statistical area follows no locality boundary, so the figures describe the area around the locality, not the locality alone.

driving time

From here and away

Stockholm4 h 15 min
Gothenburg3 h 26 min
Malmö4 h 31 min
Municipal seat11 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.

water

Lakes nearby

Mossjön220 ha710 m
Åsjön8 ha2.1 km
Hökesjön55 ha2.8 km
Rostorpesjön14 ha3.1 km
near here

Nearest localities

associations

Associations and activities

Villa Villekullateaterculture
Rumskulla 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.

the layers around the locality

Surroundings

natural hazards
Flood zone4.7 km
Wildfire area (since 2018)6.7 km
Potentially contaminated land590 m
protection & regulations
Nature reserve7.3 km
Natura 200015.9 km
National outdoor-recreation interest14.6 km
Water protection area6 km
Habitat protection3.9 km
National conservation interest5.6 km
National heritage interestThe locality lies within
services & safety
School8.5 km
Fire station9.5 km
Police station10 km
Civil defence shelter8.4 km
nature & outdoors
Bathing site1.4 km
Swimming pool10.4 km
Campsite6.5 km
Hiking trail90 m
Cycle trail4.6 km
Floodlit track27.3 km
service & nöje
Restaurant7.1 km
Café1.5 km
Petrol station9 km
Library10.4 km
Sports hall7.3 km
Hotel7.9 km
Care home16.4 km
Recycling centre10 km
disturbance
Major road770 m
Railway4.7 km
Power line1.9 km
Wind turbine22 km
Mobile mast7.6 km
Military area44.3 km
below ground
Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)2.9 km
Mine30.8 km
Quarry6.3 km
culture
Museum or landmark3.1 km
Church1 in the locality40 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.

applies to the whole municipalityVimmerby Municipality

The figures describe the municipality, not the locality. The municipality page has tax, housing mix, schools and commuting.

15,384population
390 tkrmedian income
45.3 yearsaverage age