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Kvänum
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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest130 m
- Distance to water400 m
- Distance to farmland160 m
- Distance to shoreline400 m
Disturbance
- Distance to major road20 m
- Distance to railway14.2 km
- Distance to industry170 m
- Distance to power line560 m
Services
- Distance to grocery store440 m
- Distance to school490 m
- Distance to train station14.3 km
Median across 495 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 250–437
- 395–942
- 4810–1451
- 5615–1935
- 2420–2423
- 3925–2923
- 4330–3444
- 6535–3943
- 4740–4446
- 4045–4944
- 4950–5433
- 4955–5948
- 4460–6429
- 5465–6937
- 4170–7452
- 3075–7929
- 4380+61
Men 736Women 677
Marital status
- Unmarried736 (52 %)
- Married438 (31 %)
- Divorced153 (11 %)
- Widowed85 (6 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the statistical area (DeSO) covering Kvänum, 1,413 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 1,330 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
- Stockholm4 h 56 min
- Gothenburg1 h 34 min
- Malmö4 h 45 min
- Municipal seat19 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
- Ullstorpasjön15 ha9.8 km
- Rösjön87 ha11.8 km
- Jämnesjön24 ha25.6 km
- Långsjön13 ha27.5 km
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Associations and activities
- Kvänums församlingshemchristianReligion
- Kvänums kyrkakyrkaReligion
- PRO KvänumpensionärsföreningSocial
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 zone5.3 km
- Wildfire area (since 2018)12.9 km
- Potentially contaminated land29 in the locality90 m
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve6.3 km
- Natura 200010 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest14.5 km
- Water protection area4.7 km
- Habitat protection7.8 km
- National conservation interest6.9 km
- National heritage interest6.2 km
Services & safety
- School3 in the locality340 m
- Fire station13.6 km
- Police station14.4 km
- Civil defence shelter11.1 km
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site15.3 km
- Swimming pool8.8 km
- Campsite15.7 km
- Hiking trail17.5 km
- Cycle trail11.8 km
- Floodlit track19.8 km
- Birding site19.9 km
- Geologically notable site31.8 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant1 in the locality300 m
- Café14.3 km
- Petrol station1 in the locality330 m
- Library14.2 km
- Sports hall3 in the locality380 m
- Hotel1 in the locality320 m
- Care home16.2 km
- Recycling centre14.2 km
Disturbance
- Major road4.3 km
- Railway14.5 km
- Power line720 m
- Wind turbine2.7 km
- Mobile mast5.1 km
- Military area26.1 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)1.6 km
- Mine31.9 km
- Quarry3.8 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark7.7 km
- Church1.4 km
- Community hall1 in the locality390 m
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
- Population16,088
- Median income375,600 kr/yr
- Average age44.6 years
The figures describe Vara Municipality as a whole, not Kvänum.