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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest60 m
- Distance to water400 m
- Distance to farmland50 m
- Distance to shoreline400 m
Disturbance
- Distance to major road20 m
- Distance to railway410 m
- Distance to industry4.5 km
- Distance to power line4.7 km
Services
- Distance to grocery store5.9 km
- Distance to school4.8 km
- Distance to train station10.4 km
Median across 315 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 750–467
- 755–964
- 8210–1465
- 6115–1959
- 3920–2427
- 3025–2941
- 8030–3483
- 9435–3985
- 6240–4480
- 8645–4957
- 8150–5490
- 9455–5979
- 8460–6473
- 7065–6969
- 6370–7454
- 5975–7947
- 6880+66
Men 1,203Women 1,106
Marital status
- Unmarried1,255 (54 %)
- Married814 (35 %)
- Divorced158 (7 %)
- Widowed81 (4 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the statistical area (DeSO) covering Björke, 2,309 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 633 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
- Stockholm2 h 24 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
- Mårdängsjön69 ha1.5 km
- Hillesjön127 ha2.4 km
- Gammel-Fäbodsjön10 ha2.8 km
- Storfjärden89 ha2.9 km
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Surroundings
Natural hazards
- Flood zone4.6 km
- Wildfire area (since 2018)6.4 km
- Potentially contaminated land4 in the locality130 m
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve2.5 km
- Natura 20004.5 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest19 km
- Water protection area1.5 km
- Habitat protection2.1 km
- National conservation interest610 m
- National heritage interest6.3 km
Services & safety
- School1 in the locality140 m
- Fire station10.1 km
- Police station10.5 km
- Civil defence shelter4.8 km
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site5.6 km
- Swimming pool6.4 km
- Campsite6.8 km
- Hiking trail4.7 km
- Cycle trail4.5 km
- Ski trail12.8 km
- Floodlit track5.4 km
- Birding site41.5 km
- Geologically notable site250 m
Service & nöje
- Restaurant5 km
- Café9.8 km
- Petrol station5.7 km
- Library4.7 km
- Sports hall5.5 km
- Hotel7.3 km
- Care home4.7 km
- Recycling centre9.1 km
Disturbance
- Major road450 m
- Railway950 m
- Power line4.5 km
- Wind turbine3.5 km
- Mobile mast6.5 km
- Military area11.7 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)1.4 km
- Mine17.5 km
- Quarry4 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark2.9 km
- Church1 in the locality200 m
- Community hall3.9 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
- Population103,838
- Median income394,000 kr/yr
- Average age42.6 years
The figures describe Gävle Municipality as a whole, not Björke.