Vintergatan
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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest10 m
- Distance to water320 m
- Distance to farmland1.3 km
- Distance to shoreline150 m
Disturbance
- Distance to major road30 m
- Distance to railway2.2 km
- Distance to industry3.2 km
- Distance to power line4.2 km
Services
- Distance to grocery store4.7 km
- Distance to school5.4 km
- Distance to train station4.2 km
Median across 74 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 470–434
- 615–952
- 7610–1460
- 5715–1946
- 3020–2420
- 2625–2929
- 5530–3450
- 7635–3973
- 6140–4458
- 4645–4956
- 6750–5445
- 7555–5954
- 7660–6483
- 8765–6972
- 4870–7451
- 5775–7950
- 4880+29
Men 993Women 862
Marital status
- Unmarried1,033 (56 %)
- Married611 (33 %)
- Divorced147 (8 %)
- Widowed49 (3 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the statistical area (DeSO) covering Vintergatan, 1,855 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 80 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 53 min
- Municipal seat22 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
- Drevstjärnen7 ha1.6 km
- Vikarsjön82 ha1.6 km
- Långtjärnen6 ha3.1 km
- Långsjön23 ha3.8 km
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Nearest localities
- Iggesund3,370 inhabitants2.2 km
- Storbyn60 inhabitants2.2 km
- Skogshyddan56 inhabitants4.1 km
- Enoksnäs127 inhabitants4.3 km
- Mellanbyns fritidsområde135 inhabitants4.6 km
- Hudiksvall16,792 inhabitants5.9 km
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Surroundings
Natural hazards
- Flood zone2.1 km
- Wildfire area (since 2018)2.6 km
- Potentially contaminated land1 in the locality210 m
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve1.6 km
- Natura 200012.2 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest1.8 km
- Water protection area7.9 km
- Habitat protection5.6 km
- National conservation interest1.6 km
- National heritage interest3.2 km
Services & safety
- School4.4 km
- Fire station5.1 km
- Police station9 km
- Civil defence shelter2.8 km
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site4.4 km
- Swimming pool6.4 km
- Campsite4.4 km
- Hiking trail8.1 km
- Cycle trail7.7 km
- Ski trail26.2 km
- Floodlit track25.8 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant7.2 km
- Café8.6 km
- Petrol station3.5 km
- Library8.6 km
- Sports hall4.2 km
- Hotel8.4 km
- Care home4.7 km
- Recycling centre7.4 km
Disturbance
- Major road3.9 km
- Railway4.7 km
- Power line4.2 km
- Wind turbine14.9 km
- Mobile mast17.1 km
- Military area3.7 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)12.6 km
- Mine45 km
- Quarry7.1 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark4.9 km
- Church4.6 km
- Community hall4.5 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 Vintergatan.