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Älgarås
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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest60 m
- Distance to water1.5 km
- Distance to farmland60 m
- Distance to shoreline1.5 km
Disturbance
- Distance to major road20 m
- Distance to railway190 m
- Distance to industry180 m
- Distance to power line770 m
Services
- Distance to grocery store350 m
- Distance to school830 m
- Distance to train station5.2 km
Median across 227 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 390–445
- 535–938
- 5510–1444
- 5715–1949
- 2720–2429
- 3325–2930
- 5330–3437
- 5835–3959
- 5040–4446
- 5745–4939
- 7250–5473
- 9855–5975
- 8760–6489
- 10365–6976
- 8270–7470
- 8775–7982
- 8080+50
Men 1,091Women 931
Marital status
- Unmarried953 (47 %)
- Married780 (39 %)
- Divorced203 (10 %)
- Widowed86 (4 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the 2 statistical areas (DeSO) covering Älgarås, 2,022 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 341 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
- Stockholm3 h 43 min
- Gothenburg2 h 55 min
- Malmö5 h 31 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
- Kroksjön18 ha2.3 km
- Ålsjön30 ha4.2 km
- Vitebärn9 ha4.9 km
- Sisjön16 ha5.1 km
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Associations and activities
- Älgarås VagnmuseummuseumCulture
- Älgarås församlingshemchristianReligion
- Älgarås 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 zone10.9 km
- Wildfire area (since 2018)17 km
- Potentially contaminated land10 in the locality200 m
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve4.6 km
- Natura 20004.6 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest5.3 km
- Water protection area1.2 km
- Habitat protection8 km
- National conservation interest620 m
- National heritage interest10.2 km
Services & safety
- School2 in the locality240 m
- Fire station14.1 km
- Police station27.9 km
- Civil defence shelter1 in the locality760 m
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site2.3 km
- Swimming pool22.7 km
- Campsite8.3 km
- Hiking trail16.8 km
- Cycle trail11 km
- Floodlit track29 km
- Birding site34.9 km
- Geologically notable site36.2 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant5.8 km
- Café7.8 km
- Petrol station5.4 km
- Library5.4 km
- Sports hall4.4 km
- Hotel5.3 km
- Care home26 km
- Recycling centre21.2 km
Disturbance
- Major road1.5 km
- Railway130 m
- Power line1.7 km
- Wind turbine5.2 km
- Mobile mast1 in the locality60 m
- Military area23.4 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)2.1 km
- Mine27.4 km
- Quarry1.6 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark2 in the locality530 m
- Church1 in the locality1.3 km
- Community hall1 in the locality910 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
- Population9,043
- Median income367,200 kr/yr
- Average age46.1 years
The figures describe Töreboda Municipality as a whole, not Älgarås.