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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest80 m
- Distance to water240 m
- Distance to farmland50 m
- Distance to shoreline240 m
Disturbance
- Distance to major road20 m
- Distance to railway7.5 km
- Distance to industry5.1 km
- Distance to power line340 m
Services
- Distance to grocery store6.3 km
- Distance to school6.8 km
- Distance to train station8.3 km
Median across 156 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 140–419
- 215–919
- 3310–1423
- 2715–1915
- 1120–2417
- 1225–2914
- 2330–3419
- 2635–3923
- 2940–4429
- 2845–4932
- 2450–5418
- 2855–5932
- 2760–6438
- 4165–6919
- 1470–7416
- 1675–7918
- 2180+24
Men 395Women 375
Marital status
- Unmarried397 (51 %)
- Married293 (38 %)
- Divorced65 (8 %)
- Widowed24 (3 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the statistical area (DeSO) covering Sövestad, 770 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 354 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
- Gothenburg3 h 58 min
- Malmö53 min
- Municipal seat12 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
- Krageholmssjön206 ha2.2 km
- Ellestadssjön271 ha4.3 km
- Snogeholmssjön249 ha7 km
- Sövdesjön280 ha10.5 km
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Associations and activities
- Sövestad – var med och starta!scoutkårOutdoor life
- Sövestads 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
- Flood zone24.1 km
- Wildfire area (since 2018)31.4 km
- Coastal erosion8.4 km
- Potentially contaminated land3 in the locality220 m
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve2.7 km
- Natura 20009.7 km
- Extended shoreline protection1.9 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest2.3 km
- Water protection area4.9 km
- Habitat protection3.3 km
- National conservation interest1.5 km
- National heritage interestThe locality lies within
Services & safety
- School1 in the locality490 m
- Fire station6.8 km
- Police station7.1 km
- Civil defence shelter6.6 km
- Vulnerable area (police)47.5 km
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site8.5 km
- Swimming pool5.3 km
- Campsite7.4 km
- Hiking trail1.6 km
- Cycle trail110 m
- Floodlit track39.4 km
- Birding site21.1 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant5.9 km
- Café1 in the locality590 m
- Petrol station6.4 km
- Library7.8 km
- Sports hall6.4 km
- Hotel8 km
- Care home5.8 km
- Recycling centre4.3 km
Disturbance
- Major road210 m
- Railway7.6 km
- Power line290 m
- Wind turbine2.6 km
- Mobile mast5.7 km
- Military area9.4 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)12.7 km
- Mine9.2 km
- Quarry5 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark2.2 km
- Church1 in the locality30 m
- Community hall28.7 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
- Population32,106
- Median income404,100 kr/yr
- Average age46.5 years
The figures describe Ystad Municipality as a whole, not Sövestad.