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Ekshärad
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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest60 m
- Distance to water340 m
- Distance to farmland420 m
- Distance to shoreline340 m
Disturbance
- Distance to major road20 m
- Distance to railway25.5 km
- Distance to industry980 m
- Distance to power line520 m
Services
- Distance to grocery store360 m
- Distance to school900 m
- Distance to train station25.6 km
Median across 466 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 250–416
- 175–910
- 1910–1423
- 1915–1917
- 2320–2416
- 2725–2916
- 2630–3424
- 2335–3929
- 1740–4415
- 2145–4916
- 2850–5432
- 3355–5931
- 3860–6432
- 4165–6955
- 4070–7438
- 3775–7932
- 5180+97
Men 485Women 499
Marital status
- Unmarried489 (50 %)
- Married290 (30 %)
- Divorced99 (10 %)
- Widowed93 (10 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the statistical area (DeSO) covering Ekshärad, 984 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 955 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 8 min
- Gothenburg5 h 4 min
- Municipal seat27 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
- Mossbergssjön186 ha2.7 km
- Svinsjön35 ha3.5 km
- Hamratjärnen25 ha4 km
- Östra Harasjön159 ha4.1 km
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Associations and activities
- Ekshärads kyrkakyrkaReligion
- PRO EkshäradpensionärsföreningSocial
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 zone660 m
- Wildfire area (since 2018)5.3 km
- Potentially contaminated land16 in the locality130 m
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve5.4 km
- Natura 200018 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest1.2 km
- Water protection area16.9 km
- Habitat protection630 m
- National conservation interest230 m
- National heritage interest16.9 km
Services & safety
- School2 in the locality530 m
- Fire station1 in the locality430 m
- Police station19.7 km
- Civil defence shelter3 in the locality120 m
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site9.1 km
- Swimming pool7.4 km
- Campsite840 m
- Hiking trail12.4 km
- Cycle trail1.9 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant2 in the locality150 m
- Café2 in the locality190 m
- Petrol station1 in the locality130 m
- Library19.2 km
- Sports hall3 in the locality560 m
- Hotel1 in the locality360 m
- Care home27.6 km
- Recycling centre20.1 km
Disturbance
- Major road250 m
- Railway25.2 km
- Power line380 m
- Wind turbine30 km
- Mobile mast12 km
- Military area47.2 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)21.5 km
- Mine31.6 km
- Quarry5.7 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark5 in the locality220 m
- Church1 in the locality310 m
- Community hall13.6 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
- Population11,418
- Median income370,800 kr/yr
- Average age48.8 years
The figures describe Hagfors Municipality as a whole, not Ekshärad.