Nordkroken
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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest30 m
- Distance to water290 m
- Distance to farmland160 m
- Distance to shoreline290 m
Disturbance
- Distance to major road20 m
- Distance to railway2.6 km
- Distance to industry2.2 km
- Distance to power line3.1 km
Services
- Distance to grocery store3.2 km
- Distance to school1.6 km
- Distance to train station5.3 km
Median across 320 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 640–455
- 565–991
- 8510–1471
- 8715–1985
- 4320–2421
- 3325–2941
- 6030–3461
- 6435–3978
- 7740–4469
- 7145–4957
- 8550–5474
- 9055–5977
- 5760–6458
- 6565–6956
- 4670–7462
- 6175–7961
- 5980+50
Men 1,103Women 1,067
Marital status
- Unmarried1,102 (51 %)
- Married866 (40 %)
- Divorced150 (7 %)
- Widowed62 (3 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the statistical area (DeSO) covering Nordkroken, 2,170 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 457 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
- Stockholm5 h 48 min
- Gothenburg1 h 21 min
- Malmö4 h 32 min
- Municipal seat13 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
- Hallsjön23 ha2 km
- Eldmörjan10 ha4.4 km
- Torsjön7 ha5.5 km
- Vänern544,536 ha5.8 km
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Nearest localities
- Vargön4,942 inhabitants1.1 km
- Vänersborg24,731 inhabitants3.4 km
- Stigsberget167 inhabitants6.5 km
- Floget70 inhabitants7.1 km
- Trollhättan50,069 inhabitants8.1 km
- Hol90 inhabitants8.2 km
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Surroundings
Natural hazards
- Flood zone23.9 km
- Wildfire area (since 2018)1.8 km
- Potentially contaminated land2.5 km
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve570 m
- Natura 2000400 m
- National outdoor-recreation interest410 m
- Water protection area11.2 km
- Habitat protection6.3 km
- National conservation interest410 m
- National heritage interest550 m
Services & safety
- School1.5 km
- Fire station5.1 km
- Police station4.9 km
- Civil defence shelter3 km
- Vulnerable area (police)13.2 km
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site440 m
- Swimming pool4 km
- Campsite3.8 km
- Hiking trail580 m
- Cycle trail2.8 km
- Floodlit track12.8 km
- Birding site8.7 km
- Geologically notable site350 m
Service & nöje
- Restaurant3.1 km
- Café2.2 km
- Petrol station3.5 km
- Library3.2 km
- Sports hall1.8 km
- Hotel3.4 km
- Care home4.2 km
- Recycling centre3.9 km
Disturbance
- Major road5.1 km
- Railway2.7 km
- Power line3.2 km
- Wind turbine11.1 km
- Mobile mast3.3 km
- Military area15.6 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)5 in the locality430 m
- Mine48.9 km
- Quarry10.7 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark3.7 km
- Church2.3 km
- Community hall4.7 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
- Population40,041
- Median income390,100 kr/yr
- Average age43.6 years
The figures describe Vänersborg Municipality as a whole, not Nordkroken.