
Norra Björke
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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest60 m
- Distance to water1.9 km
- Distance to farmland50 m
- Distance to shoreline1.9 km
Disturbance
- Distance to major road20 m
- Distance to railway9.3 km
- Distance to industry9.2 km
- Distance to power line1.7 km
Services
- Distance to grocery store5.8 km
- Distance to school6 km
- Distance to train station12.3 km
Median across 82 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 410–454
- 585–953
- 5810–1453
- 5815–1955
- 4520–2437
- 3825–2929
- 6530–3458
- 5435–3962
- 6040–4459
- 5645–4944
- 6550–5460
- 9055–5967
- 7660–6478
- 6365–6961
- 7770–7468
- 5775–7948
- 7380+73
Men 1,034Women 959
Marital status
- Unmarried1,009 (50 %)
- Married738 (37 %)
- Divorced180 (9 %)
- Widowed84 (4 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the statistical area (DeSO) covering Norra Björke, 1,993 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 165 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 36 min
- Gothenburg1 h 18 min
- Malmö4 h 29 min
- Municipal seat16 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
- Gårdsjön11 ha4.6 km
- Grinnsjön19 ha5.2 km
- Bergsjön15 ha5.5 km
- Långevattnet12 ha6.5 km
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Nearest localities
- Väne-Åsaka388 inhabitants5.4 km
- Floget70 inhabitants7.2 km
- Salstad71 inhabitants9.2 km
- Främmestad367 inhabitants9.7 km
- Vargön4,942 inhabitants9.9 km
- Grästorp3,022 inhabitants10.9 km
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Associations and activities
- Norra BjörkebygdegårdLocal heritage
- Norra Björke BygdegårdsförenBygdegårdsföreningLocal heritage
- Norra Björke 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 zone29.5 km
- Wildfire area (since 2018)11.6 km
- Potentially contaminated land2 in the locality110 m
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve2.7 km
- Natura 20002.7 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest2.6 km
- Water protection area16.7 km
- Habitat protection3.3 km
- National conservation interest2.1 km
- National heritage interest4.3 km
Services & safety
- School6 km
- Fire station11.1 km
- Police station16.3 km
- Civil defence shelter10.1 km
- Vulnerable area (police)10.7 km
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site13.2 km
- Swimming pool10 km
- Campsite10 km
- Hiking trail2.9 km
- Cycle trail3.3 km
- Floodlit track14.1 km
- Birding site10 km
- Geologically notable site9.9 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant9 km
- Café9.3 km
- Petrol station9 km
- Library11.4 km
- Sports hall6.4 km
- Hotel10.1 km
- Care home14.6 km
- Recycling centre5.9 km
Disturbance
- Major road2.1 km
- Railway9.4 km
- Power line1.8 km
- Wind turbine3.3 km
- Mobile mast3.5 km
- Military area19.6 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)3 in the locality410 m
- Quarry7.2 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark4.9 km
- Church1.5 km
- Community hall5.8 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
- Population59,003
- Median income390,200 kr/yr
- Average age41.5 years
The figures describe Trollhättan Municipality as a whole, not Norra Björke.