
Burgsvik
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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest60 m
- Distance to water1.4 km
- Distance to farmland140 m
- Distance to shoreline490 m
Disturbance
- Distance to major road30 m
- Distance to railway54.2 km
- Distance to industry23.2 km
- Distance to power line23.4 km
Services
- Distance to grocery store390 m
- Distance to school15 km
- Distance to train station54.2 km
Median across 351 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 60–411
- 125–916
- 1310–1414
- 1115–196
- 1520–247
- 1325–2910
- 1630–348
- 2335–3915
- 1440–446
- 945–4918
- 1550–5421
- 1855–5934
- 4660–6443
- 5165–6948
- 4770–7443
- 5475–7945
- 6880+61
Men 431Women 406
Marital status
- Unmarried359 (42 %)
- Married321 (38 %)
- Divorced103 (12 %)
- Widowed65 (8 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the statistical area (DeSO) covering Burgsvik, 837 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 322 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
- Municipal seat1 h 21 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
- Mjölhatteträsk67 ha2.3 km
- Fridträsk7 ha32 km
- Rammträsk10 ha32.8 km
- Paviken15 ha47.3 km
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Associations and activities
- Hantverkshuset i BurgsvikOther
- Burgsvik Alva SchackklubbÖvrig verksamhetSports
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
- Wildfire area (since 2018)7.6 km
- Potentially contaminated land13 in the locality110 m
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve4 km
- Natura 20003.4 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest1.1 km
- Water protection area20.7 km
- Habitat protection3 km
- National conservation interest930 m
- National heritage interest1.2 km
Services & safety
- School1 in the locality330 m
- Fire station39.9 km
- Police station23.8 km
- Civil defence shelter14.9 km
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site1.2 km
- Swimming pool4 in the locality330 m
- Campsite1 in the locality1.2 km
- Hiking trail46.9 km
- Cycle trail5.8 km
- Birding site14.6 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant2 in the locality150 m
- Café4.8 km
- Petrol station1 in the locality110 m
- Library23.9 km
- Sports hall42.8 km
- Hotel17.2 km
- Recycling centre3.1 km
Disturbance
- Major road60 m
- Power line23.3 km
- Wind turbine4.7 km
- Mobile mast5.7 km
- Military area44.9 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)6.5 km
- Quarry12.6 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark4.7 km
- Church1.5 km
- Community hall8.3 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
- Population60,971
- Median income373,600 kr/yr
- Average age45.9 years
The figures describe Gotland Municipality as a whole, not Burgsvik.