
Hammenhög
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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest290 m
- Distance to water640 m
- Distance to farmland80 m
- Distance to shoreline640 m
Disturbance
- Distance to major road20 m
- Distance to railway4.6 km
- Distance to industry420 m
- Distance to power line1.7 km
Services
- Distance to grocery store420 m
- Distance to school780 m
- Distance to train station5.3 km
Median across 445 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 250–418
- 275–920
- 2910–1432
- 3615–1940
- 1920–2421
- 925–2912
- 3230–3434
- 3735–3933
- 2840–4432
- 2945–4930
- 3050–5427
- 2955–5927
- 3660–6439
- 4565–6944
- 3170–7428
- 3375–7935
- 3580+42
Men 510Women 514
Marital status
- Unmarried513 (51 %)
- Married331 (33 %)
- Divorced115 (11 %)
- Widowed45 (4 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the statistical area (DeSO) covering Hammenhög, 1,024 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 920 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
- Gothenburg4 h 21 min
- Malmö1 h 17 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
- Gyllebo sjö40 ha10.1 km
- Tunbyholmssjön14 ha10.4 km
- Krageholmssjön206 ha24.6 km
- Ellestadssjön271 ha25.5 km
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Associations and activities
- Hammenhögsbygdens ByalagBygdeaktivitetLocal heritage
- Hammenhögs PistolskytteklubbBarn/UngdomsverksamhetSports
- HammenhögsbadetsporthallSports
- Hammenhögs kyrkakyrkaReligion
- PRO Hammenhög - GärsnäsBouleSocial
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 zone35.3 km
- Wildfire area (since 2018)26.1 km
- Coastal erosion8.8 km
- Potentially contaminated land5 in the locality140 m
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve6.8 km
- Natura 200010.4 km
- Extended shoreline protection7.6 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest8.8 km
- Water protection area2.9 km
- Habitat protection3.5 km
- National conservation interest4.1 km
- National heritage interest3.5 km
Services & safety
- School2 in the locality670 m
- Fire station5.2 km
- Police station13.8 km
- Civil defence shelter2 in the locality80 m
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site9.2 km
- Swimming pool4 in the locality340 m
- Campsite2.9 km
- Hiking trail5.8 km
- Cycle trail920 m
- Floodlit track35.3 km
- Birding site40.5 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant5.2 km
- Café2 km
- Petrol station3 in the locality420 m
- Library13.8 km
- Sports hall1 in the locality460 m
- Hotel4.6 km
- Care home14.8 km
- Recycling centre11.9 km
Disturbance
- Major road100 m
- Railway4.5 km
- Power line2.5 km
- Wind turbine2 km
- Mobile mast5.2 km
- Military area12.4 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)9.4 km
- Mine23.9 km
- Quarry11.7 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark3.7 km
- Church1 in the locality540 m
- Community hall47.6 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
- Population18,890
- Median income365,300 kr/yr
- Average age50.8 years
The figures describe Simrishamn Municipality as a whole, not Hammenhög.