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ENVelanda
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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest40 m
- Distance to water460 m
- Distance to farmland90 m
- Distance to shoreline460 m
Disturbance
- Distance to major road20 m
- Distance to railway520 m
- Distance to industry3 km
- Distance to power line500 m
Services
- Distance to grocery store3.3 km
- Distance to school3.5 km
- Distance to train station6.5 km
Median across 271 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 820–483
- 1095–985
- 8610–1491
- 8615–1968
- 3920–2436
- 3225–2945
- 9930–3496
- 11435–39112
- 7540–4471
- 7745–4980
- 8150–5469
- 8555–5978
- 8760–6477
- 9365–6963
- 5370–7462
- 6075–7939
- 5880+47
Men 1,316Women 1,202
Marital status
- Unmarried1,371 (54 %)
- Married901 (36 %)
- Divorced181 (7 %)
- Widowed66 (3 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the statistical area (DeSO) covering Velanda, 2,518 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 835 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 49 min
- Gothenburg1 h 2 min
- Malmö4 h 14 min
- Municipal seat10 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
- Trehörningen68 ha3.2 km
- Liperedsjön14 ha4.4 km
- Åkers sjö7 ha4.6 km
- Hullsjön182 ha6.1 km
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Associations and activities
- Velanda MissionsförsamlingReligiös verksamhetReligion
- VelandakyrkankyrkaReligion
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 zone22.4 km
- Wildfire area (since 2018)10 km
- Potentially contaminated land1.2 km
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve3.1 km
- Natura 20004.9 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest4.6 km
- Water protection area7 km
- Habitat protection2.3 km
- National conservation interest4 km
- National heritage interest4.6 km
Services & safety
- School2 in the locality80 m
- Fire station7.5 km
- Police station5.6 km
- Civil defence shelter3.1 km
- Vulnerable area (police)2.3 km
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site3.3 km
- Swimming pool1 in the locality180 m
- Campsite4.4 km
- Hiking trail4.7 km
- Cycle trail350 m
- Ski trail40.8 km
- Floodlit track7.4 km
- Birding site20.3 km
- Geologically notable site18.1 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant3.4 km
- Café4.8 km
- Petrol station3.5 km
- Library3.2 km
- Sports hall3.6 km
- Hotel6 km
- Care home5.3 km
- Recycling centre5.1 km
Disturbance
- Major road2.9 km
- Railway940 m
- Power line460 m
- Wind turbine4.3 km
- Mobile mast850 m
- Military area27.5 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)1.2 km
- Quarry9.7 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark4.8 km
- Church1 in the locality350 m
- Community hall4.9 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 Velanda.