Sörforsa
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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest30 m
- Distance to water300 m
- Distance to farmland90 m
- Distance to shoreline300 m
Disturbance
- Distance to major road20 m
- Distance to railway1.8 km
- Distance to industry600 m
- Distance to power line460 m
Services
- Distance to grocery store530 m
- Distance to school550 m
- Distance to train station7.3 km
Median across 550 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 380–440
- 405–958
- 6510–1449
- 5215–1944
- 4820–2437
- 3625–2923
- 6230–3449
- 7735–3970
- 4740–4437
- 4145–4940
- 4850–5454
- 5655–5950
- 5160–6449
- 3965–6949
- 3870–7454
- 4475–7957
- 5980+85
Men 841Women 845
Marital status
- Unmarried1,001 (60 %)
- Married448 (27 %)
- Divorced153 (9 %)
- Widowed74 (4 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the statistical area (DeSO) covering Sörforsa, 1,686 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 1,480 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
- Stockholm3 h 46 min
- Municipal seat13 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
- Kyrksjön280 ha520 m
- Storsjön1,118 ha770 m
- Funstasjön47 ha3.9 km
- Stor-Yan97 ha4.1 km
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Associations and activities
- Sörforsa bibliotekbibliotekCulture
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 zone960 m
- Wildfire area (since 2018)12.9 km
- Potentially contaminated land5 in the locality270 m
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve4.5 km
- Natura 200024.1 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest6.9 km
- Water protection area6 km
- Habitat protection1.4 km
- National conservation interest1.9 km
- National heritage interest350 m
Services & safety
- School4 in the locality190 m
- Fire station5.8 km
- Police station6.9 km
- Civil defence shelter4.9 km
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site1.5 km
- Swimming pool5.9 km
- Campsite4.6 km
- Hiking trail540 m
- Cycle trail440 m
- Ski trail14.2 km
- Floodlit track24.2 km
- Geologically notable site47 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant1 in the locality1 km
- Café1 in the locality710 m
- Petrol station3.8 km
- Library1 in the locality480 m
- Sports hall2 in the locality480 m
- Hotel6.1 km
- Care home1 in the locality250 m
- Recycling centre7.5 km
Disturbance
- Major road890 m
- Railway6.1 km
- Power line600 m
- Wind turbine18.6 km
- Mobile mast6.3 km
- Military area8.8 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)4.9 km
- Mine33.3 km
- Quarry1.8 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark4.5 km
- Church1 in the locality670 m
- Community hall6.2 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
- Population37,528
- Median income386,700 kr/yr
- Average age45.6 years
The figures describe Hudiksvall Municipality as a whole, not Sörforsa.