
Mellby
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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest30 m
- Distance to water260 m
- Distance to farmland80 m
- Distance to shoreline260 m
Disturbance
- Distance to major road30 m
- Distance to railway2 km
- Distance to industry1.8 km
- Distance to power line670 m
Services
- Distance to grocery store8 km
- Distance to school6.4 km
- Distance to train station2.1 km
Median across 90 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 320–433
- 495–941
- 3410–1446
- 5115–1937
- 3220–2432
- 4425–2930
- 5030–3452
- 4435–3949
- 5140–4442
- 4845–4947
- 4150–5447
- 6455–5966
- 5960–6453
- 6065–6954
- 5170–7438
- 3975–7926
- 5780+48
Men 806Women 741
Marital status
- Unmarried788 (51 %)
- Married585 (38 %)
- Divorced112 (7 %)
- Widowed51 (3 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the statistical area (DeSO) covering Mellby, 1,547 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 214 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 57 min
- Gothenburg1 h 49 min
- Malmö5 h 1 min
- Municipal seat11 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
- Vänern544,536 ha9.1 km
- Ullstorpasjön15 ha29.4 km
- Rösjön87 ha29.7 km
- Jämnesjön24 ha38 km
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Nearest localities
- Lovene183 inhabitants1.7 km
- Getetomten160 inhabitants3.5 km
- Örslösa348 inhabitants5.7 km
- Lidköping23,585 inhabitants6 km
- Marbogården81 inhabitants7.5 km
- Järpås777 inhabitants7.8 km
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Associations and activities
- MellbybygdegårdLocal heritage
- MellbyvallensporthallSports
- Mellby gravkapellkyrkaReligion
- Mellby 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 zone3.3 km
- Wildfire area (since 2018)23.9 km
- Potentially contaminated land260 m
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve6.2 km
- Natura 200014.3 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest8.1 km
- Water protection area3.7 km
- Habitat protection5.6 km
- National conservation interest2.5 km
- National heritage interest7.7 km
Services & safety
- School6.4 km
- Fire station8.4 km
- Police station9.6 km
- Civil defence shelter6.3 km
- Vulnerable area (police)45.5 km
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site9.3 km
- Swimming pool7 km
- Campsite9.8 km
- Hiking trail6.5 km
- Cycle trail4.8 km
- Floodlit track21.8 km
- Birding site29.1 km
- Geologically notable site12.4 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant8.4 km
- Café9.3 km
- Petrol station8.3 km
- Library9.7 km
- Sports hall1.7 km
- Hotel9.4 km
- Care home6.6 km
- Recycling centre12 km
Disturbance
- Major road1.2 km
- Railway6.1 km
- Power line680 m
- Wind turbine2.1 km
- Mobile mast8.4 km
- Military area14.1 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)14.5 km
- Mine44.5 km
- Quarry6.2 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark3.3 km
- Church2 in the locality640 m
- Community hall8.2 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
- Population40,425
- Median income403,500 kr/yr
- Average age44.3 years
The figures describe Lidköping Municipality as a whole, not Mellby.