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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest50 m
- Distance to water600 m
- Distance to farmland60 m
- Distance to shoreline600 m
Disturbance
- Distance to major road30 m
- Distance to railway7.9 km
- Distance to industry7.7 km
- Distance to power line1.3 km
Services
- Distance to grocery store740 m
- Distance to school7.8 km
- Distance to train station8 km
Median across 497 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 400–427
- 355–933
- 3610–1433
- 2815–1943
- 3320–2417
- 2625–2920
- 4030–3439
- 5435–3942
- 3140–4427
- 4245–4944
- 5650–5434
- 4255–5938
- 5160–6441
- 3165–6936
- 4870–7446
- 4375–7936
- 4680+52
Men 682Women 608
Marital status
- Unmarried778 (60 %)
- Married354 (27 %)
- Divorced91 (7 %)
- Widowed66 (5 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the statistical area (DeSO) covering Våmhus, 1,290 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 808 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 44 min
- Municipal seat19 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
- Orsasjön5,188 ha1 km
- Musi36 ha3.3 km
- Ätjärnen36 ha3.8 km
- Lintjärnen62 ha4.7 km
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Associations and activities
- VåmhusbygdegårdLocal heritage
- Våmhus GammelgårdmuseumCulture
- Våmhus kyrkakyrkaReligion
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 zone5.5 km
- Wildfire area (since 2018)2.3 km
- Potentially contaminated land5 in the locality170 m
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve840 m
- Natura 200020.5 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest3.7 km
- Water protection area4.2 km
- Habitat protection3.5 km
- National conservation interest750 m
- National heritage interest3.1 km
Services & safety
- School1 in the locality1.1 km
- Fire station8.4 km
- Police station7.6 km
- Civil defence shelter1 in the locality1.1 km
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site1.1 km
- Swimming pool6.9 km
- Campsite1.2 km
- Hiking trail3.3 km
- Cycle trail730 m
- Ski trail9.9 km
- Floodlit track10.4 km
- Geologically notable site1.2 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant4.1 km
- Café9.4 km
- Petrol station1 in the locality170 m
- Library8 km
- Sports hall1 in the locality890 m
- Hotel4.1 km
- Care home13 km
- Recycling centre15.2 km
Disturbance
- Major road7 km
- Railway8.6 km
- Power line1.2 km
- Wind turbine22 km
- Mobile mast11.1 km
- Military area23.9 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)5.7 km
- Mine41.4 km
- Quarry3.1 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark1.9 km
- Church1 in the locality980 m
- Community hall6.1 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
- Population20,540
- Median income392,600 kr/yr
- Average age46.4 years
The figures describe Mora Municipality as a whole, not Våmhus.