Filipstad
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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest80 m
- Distance to water300 m
- Distance to farmland740 m
- Distance to shoreline300 m
Disturbance
- Distance to major road20 m
- Distance to railway670 m
- Distance to industry270 m
- Distance to power line920 m
Services
- Distance to grocery store770 m
- Distance to school600 m
- Distance to train station12.4 km
Median across 1,857 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 1110–4117
- 1825–9137
- 14610–14145
- 16915–19172
- 17020–24126
- 17125–29155
- 20430–34173
- 17335–39155
- 15640–44135
- 14345–49161
- 15950–54163
- 19355–59164
- 18460–64187
- 18565–69189
- 17470–74193
- 18075–79198
- 20080+376
Men 2,900Women 2,946
Marital status
- Unmarried3,276 (56 %)
- Married1,530 (26 %)
- Divorced660 (11 %)
- Widowed389 (7 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the 4 statistical areas (DeSO) covering Filipstad, 5,846 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 5,970 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 2 min
- Gothenburg4 h 33 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
- Daglösen741 ha170 m
- Färnsjön135 ha1.1 km
- Abborrtjärnen32 ha1.2 km
- Lersjön371 ha1.5 km
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Nearest localities
- 1782SB10758 inhabitants1.5 km
- Persberg189 inhabitants6.2 km
- Prästgården126 inhabitants8.8 km
- Nykroppa648 inhabitants10.9 km
- Tången52 inhabitants12.8 km
- Nordmarksberg91 inhabitants13.7 km
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Associations and activities
- Filipstad – var med och starta!scoutkårOutdoor life
- Filipstad Kultur & Konferens FKKSports
- Filipstads AtletklubbgymSports
- Filipstads SporthallsporthallSports
- Skatepark FilipstadidrottsplanSports
- Filipstads bergslags bibliotekbibliotekCulture
- Museet Kvarnen FilipstadmuseumCulture
- Filipstads kyrkakyrkaReligion
- PRO FilipstadpensionärsföreningSocial
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 zone4.8 km
- Wildfire area (since 2018)9.2 km
- Potentially contaminated land73 in the locality200 m
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve6.6 km
- Natura 200013 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest17.1 km
- Water protection area5 km
- Habitat protection5.9 km
- National conservation interest3.9 km
- National heritage interest1.1 km
Services & safety
- School5 in the locality180 m
- Fire station1 in the locality690 m
- Police station1 in the locality460 m
- Civil defence shelter105 in the locality40 m
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site2 km
- Swimming pool1 in the locality290 m
- Campsite1 in the locality1.5 km
- Hiking trail2.1 km
- Cycle trail1 km
- Floodlit track11.4 km
- Geologically notable site16.6 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant5 in the locality380 m
- Café3 in the locality430 m
- Petrol station5 in the locality570 m
- Library1 in the locality480 m
- Sports hall4 in the locality320 m
- Hotel1 in the locality360 m
- Care home1 in the locality980 m
- Recycling centre1 in the locality1.2 km
Disturbance
- Major road520 m
- Railway7.1 km
- Power line970 m
- Wind turbine17.7 km
- Mobile mast1.9 km
- Military area19.1 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)4.1 km
- Mine3.7 km
- Quarry6.9 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark8 in the locality260 m
- Church5 in the locality290 m
- Community hall1 in the locality480 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
- Population9,776
- Median income353,200 kr/yr
- Average age47.3 years