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Bjärges
Photo taken 116 m from the locality centre: Bene Riobó · CC BY-SA 4.0 · licence
Small locality in Gotland Municipality, Gotland County

Bjärges

124 m from the locality centre · Bene Riobó · CC BY-SA 4.0
141 m from the locality centre · Bene Riobó · CC BY-SA 4.0

1

Facts

MunicipalityGotland
CountyGotland County
Population125
Area40 ha
SCB code0980SB136

2

Place profile

7/100Accessibility · median in the locality

Life situation (index 0-100)

Nature proximity
33/100
Quiet surroundings
70/100
Rurality
33/100
Urbanity
13/100
Family friendliness
0/100
Senior friendliness
0/100

Nature

  • Distance to forest20 m
  • Distance to water820 m
  • Distance to farmland90 m
  • Distance to shoreline820 m

Disturbance

  • Distance to major road30 m
  • Distance to railway6.8 km
  • Distance to industry4.8 km
  • Distance to power line5.8 km

Services

  • Distance to grocery store6.4 km
  • Distance to school7.4 km
  • Distance to train station6.9 km

Median across 62 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.

3

Age distribution

  • 390–426
  • 405–931
  • 4010–1442
  • 4315–1946
  • 2520–2426
  • 3325–2922
  • 4230–3437
  • 5235–3948
  • 4540–4448
  • 4445–4950
  • 3750–5439
  • 5855–5941
  • 4560–6453
  • 4665–6953
  • 6170–7448
  • 3575–7929
  • 3680+41

Men 721Women 680

Marital status

  • Unmarried796 (57 %)
  • Married451 (32 %)
  • Divorced104 (7 %)
  • Widowed45 (3 %)

Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the statistical area (DeSO) covering Bjärges, 1,401 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 125 inhabitants. A statistical area follows no locality boundary, so the figures describe the area around the locality, not the locality alone.

4

Driving time

  • Municipal seat29 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.

5

Lakes nearby

  • Rammträsk10 ha14.9 km
  • Fridträsk7 ha15.5 km
  • Smiss myr17 ha16.5 km
  • Paviken15 ha20.8 km

6

Nearest localities

7

Surroundings

Natural hazards

  • Wildfire area (since 2018)13.2 km
  • Potentially contaminated land3 in the locality110 m

Protection & regulations

  • Nature reserve3.7 km
  • Natura 200016.9 km
  • National outdoor-recreation interest6.6 km
  • Water protection area11 km
  • Habitat protection1.1 km
  • National conservation interest1.2 km
  • National heritage interest920 m

Services & safety

  • School1.4 km
  • Fire station18.4 km
  • Police station23.8 km
  • Civil defence shelter6.8 km

Nature & outdoors

  • Bathing site12 km
  • Swimming pool7.1 km
  • Campsite18 km
  • Hiking trail7.3 km
  • Cycle trail6.4 km
  • Birding site36.4 km

Service & nöje

  • Restaurant7 km
  • Café7.2 km
  • Petrol station6.2 km
  • Library6.7 km
  • Sports hall18 km
  • Hotel17.9 km
  • Care home20.7 km
  • Recycling centre16.9 km

Disturbance

  • Major road4.1 km
  • Power line5.9 km
  • Wind turbine12.1 km
  • Mobile mast10.1 km
  • Military area17.9 km

Below ground

  • Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)3.2 km
  • Quarry5.1 km

Culture

  • Museum or landmark7.2 km
  • Church1.3 km
  • Community hall16.5 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.

8

Applies to the whole municipality

  • Population60,971
  • Median income373,600 kr/yr
  • Average age45.9 years
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The figures describe Gotland Municipality as a whole, not Bjärges.