Kvarnåker
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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest50 m
- Distance to water150 m
- Distance to farmland30 m
- Distance to shoreline150 m
Disturbance
- Distance to major road20 m
- Distance to railway70 m
- Distance to industry1.7 km
- Distance to power line3.7 km
Services
- Distance to grocery store2.9 km
- Distance to school2.7 km
- Distance to train station60.6 km
Median across 42 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 360–444
- 535–942
- 5410–1468
- 7415–1964
- 5320–2444
- 4325–2934
- 5930–3458
- 7135–3967
- 4940–4437
- 6345–4960
- 6050–5467
- 7055–5966
- 8160–6471
- 7465–6970
- 7570–7458
- 5375–7967
- 8880+115
Men 1,056Women 1,032
Marital status
- Unmarried1,153 (55 %)
- Married635 (30 %)
- Divorced177 (8 %)
- Widowed123 (6 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the statistical area (DeSO) covering Kvarnåker, 2,088 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 61 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 19 min
- Municipal seat14 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
- Snötjärnen21 ha1.5 km
- Myrtjärnen7 ha1.9 km
- Storsjön182 ha2.3 km
- Fisktjärnen10 ha3.2 km
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Nearest localities
- Järna1,590 inhabitants450 m
- Uppsälje121 inhabitants5 km
- Skålö290 inhabitants5.2 km
- Björnbacken128 inhabitants6.2 km
- Heden och Skansbacken339 inhabitants7 km
- Sveden165 inhabitants8.8 km
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Surroundings
Natural hazards
- Flood zone8 km
- Wildfire area (since 2018)8.6 km
- Potentially contaminated land1 in the locality500 m
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve5.8 km
- Natura 200035.9 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest2 km
- Water protection area690 m
- Habitat protection5.7 km
- National conservation interest790 m
- National heritage interest830 m
Services & safety
- School2.7 km
- Fire station2.8 km
- Police station39.7 km
- Civil defence shelter2.7 km
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site4.5 km
- Swimming pool11 km
- Campsite3 km
- Hiking trail3.9 km
- Cycle trail2.2 km
- Ski trail2.2 km
- Floodlit track2.2 km
- Geologically notable site38.6 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant2.9 km
- Café2.4 km
- Petrol station1.5 km
- Library2.9 km
- Sports hall2.2 km
- Hotel2.9 km
- Care home36.8 km
- Recycling centre14 km
Disturbance
- Major road1.1 km
- Railway1.3 km
- Power line3.6 km
- Wind turbine17 km
- Mobile mast8.5 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)2.2 km
- Mine26.2 km
- Quarry16.2 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark3.1 km
- Church2.7 km
- Community hall30.7 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
- Population6,752
- Median income367,600 kr/yr
- Average age46.2 years
The figures describe Vansbro Municipality as a whole, not Kvarnåker.