
Glava
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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest40 m
- Distance to water1.1 km
- Distance to farmland30 m
- Distance to shoreline1.1 km
Disturbance
- Distance to major road30 m
- Distance to railway11.1 km
- Distance to industry7.5 km
- Distance to power line390 m
Services
- Distance to grocery store500 m
- Distance to school500 m
- Distance to train station11.4 km
Median across 136 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 210–410
- 285–912
- 3110–1424
- 2715–1921
- 1320–2412
- 1125–298
- 1530–3417
- 3035–3929
- 2640–4421
- 2745–4922
- 3150–5421
- 3855–5936
- 3260–6441
- 4865–6933
- 5170–7440
- 2975–7938
- 4480+56
Men 502Women 441
Marital status
- Unmarried462 (49 %)
- Married288 (31 %)
- Divorced132 (14 %)
- Widowed55 (6 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the statistical area (DeSO) covering Glava, 943 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 183 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 10 min
- Gothenburg3 h 49 min
- Municipal seat33 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
- Glafsfjorden9,241 ha1.5 km
- Hönackatjärnen10 ha1.6 km
- Stora Gla3,452 ha4.8 km
- Stora Skottjärnet43 ha5.1 km
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Associations and activities
- UNF GlavaUngdomsverksamhetOther
- Glava HembygdsföreningHembygdsarbeteLocal heritage
- Glava BygdekontorFoto o filmCulture
- Glava-Stavnäs Socialdemokratiska FöreningPolitikPolitics
- Glava kyrkakyrkaReligion
- Junis Glava (IOGT-NTO:s barnverksamhet)DansSocial
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 zone2 km
- Wildfire area (since 2018)13.1 km
- Potentially contaminated land6 in the locality90 m
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve3.1 km
- Natura 20006.4 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest4.3 km
- Water protection area15.2 km
- Habitat protection3.1 km
- National conservation interest1.1 km
- National heritage interest7.1 km
Services & safety
- School1 in the locality390 m
- Fire station1 in the locality160 m
- Police station11.3 km
- Civil defence shelter8.6 km
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site1.5 km
- Swimming pool10.1 km
- Campsite8 km
- Hiking trail920 m
- Cycle trail7.1 km
- Floodlit track11.5 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant1 in the locality590 m
- Café1 in the locality380 m
- Petrol station1 in the locality610 m
- Library11.4 km
- Sports hall9.9 km
- Hotel11.4 km
- Care home1 in the locality80 m
- Recycling centre11.9 km
Disturbance
- Major road6.2 km
- Railway11.1 km
- Power line400 m
- Wind turbine23.5 km
- Mobile mast9.5 km
- Military area43.1 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)12.6 km
- Mine3 km
- Quarry3.3 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark3.9 km
- Church1 in the locality340 m
- Community hall3.6 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
- Population25,547
- Median income389,800 kr/yr
- Average age45.9 years
The figures describe Arvika Municipality as a whole, not Glava.