
Garda


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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest30 m
- Distance to water1 km
- Distance to farmland120 m
- Distance to shoreline1 km
Disturbance
- Distance to major road30 m
- Distance to railway22.7 km
- Distance to industry15 km
- Distance to power line6.2 km
Services
- Distance to grocery store6.9 km
- Distance to school490 m
- Distance to train station22.8 km
Median across 112 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 350–428
- 285–938
- 2910–1438
- 3815–1927
- 3720–2425
- 1425–2918
- 2530–3419
- 4235–3936
- 3640–4432
- 2245–4925
- 4550–5443
- 5655–5950
- 4760–6443
- 6865–6964
- 5670–7444
- 5675–7948
- 4780+55
Men 681Women 633
Marital status
- Unmarried667 (51 %)
- Married461 (35 %)
- Divorced124 (9 %)
- Widowed63 (5 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the statistical area (DeSO) covering Garda, 1,314 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 106 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 seat48 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
- Rammträsk10 ha10.3 km
- Fridträsk7 ha11.3 km
- Smiss myr17 ha17.7 km
- Storsund33 ha29.4 km
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Associations and activities
- Garda IKFotbollOutdoor life
- GardabygdegårdLocal heritage
- Garda-Lau SkyttegilleSkytteSports
- Garda 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.
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Surroundings
Natural hazards
- Wildfire area (since 2018)12.9 km
- Potentially contaminated land7 in the locality150 m
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve1 km
- Natura 20004.5 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest8 km
- Water protection area7.2 km
- Habitat protection870 m
- National conservation interest1 km
- National heritage interest50 m
Services & safety
- School1 in the locality580 m
- Fire station24.4 km
- Police station15.6 km
- Civil defence shelter15 km
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site4.8 km
- Swimming pool8.2 km
- Campsite10.5 km
- Hiking trail10.6 km
- Cycle trail4.1 km
- Birding site37.7 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant8.6 km
- Café5.2 km
- Petrol station1 in the locality490 m
- Library15.4 km
- Sports hall7.6 km
- Hotel7 km
- Care home36.5 km
- Recycling centre6.8 km
Disturbance
- Major road60 m
- Power line6.3 km
- Wind turbine4.7 km
- Mobile mast2.8 km
- Military area9.4 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)4.5 km
- Quarry9.2 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark1 in the locality350 m
- Church1 in the locality470 m
- Community hall16.2 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 Garda.