Falköping
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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest280 m
- Distance to water600 m
- Distance to farmland410 m
- Distance to shoreline630 m
Disturbance
- Distance to major road20 m
- Distance to railway500 m
- Distance to industry270 m
- Distance to power line880 m
Services
- Distance to grocery store530 m
- Distance to school400 m
- Distance to train station1.2 km
Median across 3,796 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 5010–4482
- 5915–9610
- 61110–14544
- 62215–19599
- 63320–24585
- 61025–29538
- 63630–34611
- 65735–39646
- 60740–44544
- 50645–49498
- 53150–54567
- 59355–59587
- 56660–64565
- 49165–69538
- 44270–74513
- 43375–79496
- 57980+964
Men 9,609Women 9,887
Marital status
- Unmarried10,444 (53 %)
- Married6,228 (32 %)
- Divorced1,902 (10 %)
- Widowed977 (5 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the 10 statistical areas (DeSO) covering Falköping, 19,496 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 17,924 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 3 min
- Gothenburg1 h 54 min
- Malmö4 h 16 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
- Agnestadssjön8 ha2.1 km
- Bergsjön7 ha5.2 km
- Sjötorpasjön53 ha6.1 km
- Vartoftasjön16 ha11.1 km
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Nearest localities
- Torbjörntorp441 inhabitants4.7 km
- Karleby57 inhabitants5.1 km
- Gudhem427 inhabitants5.6 km
- Odensberg296 inhabitants6.4 km
- Vilske-Kleva69 inhabitants7.4 km
- Valtorp90 inhabitants7.8 km
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Associations and activities
- Equmenia FalköpingscoutkårOutdoor life
- Falköpings ScoutkårscoutkårOutdoor life
- Falköpings BowlingcentersporthallSports
- Falköpings GolfklubbgolfSports
- Falköpings MotorstadionsporthallSports
- Falköpings PadelcenteridrottsplanSports
- Falköpings StadsbibliotekbibliotekCulture
- Musik & Produktion i FalköpingmusikskolaCulture
- Falköpings Islamiska FöreningkyrkaReligion
- PRO FalköpingpensionärsföreningSocial
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 zone15.9 km
- Wildfire area (since 2018)24.8 km
- Potentially contaminated land115 in the locality170 m
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve1.5 km
- Natura 200011 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest1.4 km
- Water protection area13.8 km
- Habitat protection2.9 km
- National conservation interest1.5 km
- National heritage interest1.9 km
Services & safety
- School29 in the locality230 m
- Fire station1 in the locality1.3 km
- Police station1 in the locality1.1 km
- Civil defence shelter262 in the locality60 m
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site2.1 km
- Swimming pool3 in the locality730 m
- Campsite1 in the locality1.8 km
- Hiking trail450 m
- Cycle trail470 m
- Floodlit track25.1 km
- Birding site15.8 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant17 in the locality370 m
- Café9 in the locality420 m
- Petrol station9 in the locality400 m
- Library1 in the locality160 m
- Sports hall9 in the locality700 m
- Hotel6 in the locality400 m
- Care home4 in the locality900 m
- Recycling centre2.2 km
Disturbance
- Major road1.4 km
- Railway600 m
- Power line1.1 km
- Wind turbine4.6 km
- Mobile mast5 in the locality1.1 km
- Military area18.5 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)4.5 km
- Mine18.5 km
- Quarry4.9 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark3 in the locality390 m
- Church7 in the locality160 m
- Community hall2 in the locality280 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
- Population32,806
- Median income383,300 kr/yr
- Average age43.1 years