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Lau
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Small locality in Gotland Municipality, Gotland County

Lau

1

Facts

MunicipalityGotland
CountyGotland County
Population77
Area54 ha
SCB code0980SB133

2

Place profile

9/100Accessibility · median in the locality

Life situation (index 0-100)

Nature proximity
16/100
Quiet surroundings
79/100
Rurality
20/100
Urbanity
9/100
Family friendliness
12/100
Senior friendliness
6/100

Nature

  • Distance to forest130 m
  • Distance to water770 m
  • Distance to farmland30 m
  • Distance to shoreline770 m

Disturbance

  • Distance to major road30 m
  • Distance to railway26.7 km
  • Distance to industry15 km
  • Distance to power line7.5 km

Services

  • Distance to grocery store2.9 km
  • Distance to school4.4 km
  • Distance to train station26.8 km

Median across 59 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 Lau, 1,314 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 77 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 seat53 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 ha12.3 km
  • Fridträsk7 ha13.3 km
  • Smiss myr17 ha19.6 km
  • Storsund33 ha31.9 km

6

Nearest localities

7

Surroundings

Natural hazards

  • Wildfire area (since 2018)14.1 km
  • Potentially contaminated land4 in the locality430 m

Protection & regulations

  • Nature reserve2.9 km
  • Natura 20002.7 km
  • National outdoor-recreation interest9.1 km
  • Water protection area7.7 km
  • Habitat protection3 km
  • National conservation interest1.6 km
  • National heritage interest310 m

Services & safety

  • School3.9 km
  • Fire station27 km
  • Police station15.6 km
  • Civil defence shelter15 km

Nature & outdoors

  • Bathing site7.6 km
  • Swimming pool8.5 km
  • Campsite7.5 km
  • Hiking trail11.9 km
  • Cycle trail2.4 km
  • Birding site39.1 km

Service & nöje

  • Restaurant5.1 km
  • Café4.4 km
  • Petrol station3.3 km
  • Library15.3 km
  • Sports hall7.9 km
  • Hotel7.2 km
  • Care home40 km
  • Recycling centre7.6 km

Disturbance

  • Major road3.6 km
  • Power line7.3 km
  • Wind turbine2.2 km
  • Mobile mast4 km
  • Military area10 km

Below ground

  • Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)7.6 km
  • Quarry9.4 km

Culture

  • Museum or landmark3.3 km
  • Church1 in the locality550 m
  • Community hall18.5 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.

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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 Lau.