Bensjö
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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest10 m
- Distance to water310 m
- Distance to farmland90 m
- Distance to shoreline310 m
Disturbance
- Distance to major road30 m
- Distance to railway230 m
- Distance to industry5.6 km
- Distance to power line2.2 km
Services
- Distance to grocery store6.3 km
- Distance to school6.4 km
- Distance to train station6.5 km
Median across 89 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 120–413
- 235–924
- 810–1417
- 1815–1913
- 1020–246
- 1825–299
- 2930–3426
- 3335–3916
- 1540–4419
- 1345–4918
- 3450–5431
- 4055–5937
- 5960–6441
- 5565–6935
- 4670–7434
- 3175–7943
- 5880+42
Men 502Women 424
Marital status
- Unmarried460 (50 %)
- Married306 (33 %)
- Divorced105 (11 %)
- Widowed54 (6 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the statistical area (DeSO) covering Bensjö, 926 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 62 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
- Municipal seat9 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
- Bensjön355 ha290 m
- Flottringen243 ha2.9 km
- Revsundssjön6,783 ha3.2 km
- Bröcklingtjärnen14 ha3.9 km
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Surroundings
Natural hazards
- Flood zone21.7 km
- Wildfire area (since 2018)7.8 km
- Potentially contaminated land1.4 km
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve8.1 km
- Natura 200011.4 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest12.5 km
- Water protection area810 m
- Habitat protection12.2 km
- National conservation interest8.2 km
- National heritage interest18.2 km
Services & safety
- School4.9 km
- Fire station6.6 km
- Police station6.5 km
- Civil defence shelter5.5 km
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site22.4 km
- Swimming pool21.6 km
- Campsite6 km
- Hiking trail3.4 km
- Cycle trail21.3 km
- Floodlit track6 km
- Geologically notable site44.9 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant6.6 km
- Café6.4 km
- Petrol station5.9 km
- Library6.1 km
- Sports hall5.6 km
- Hotel6.7 km
- Care home21.4 km
- Recycling centre6.6 km
Disturbance
- Major road2.1 km
- Railway130 m
- Power line1.9 km
- Wind turbine5.5 km
- Mobile mast8 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)3.4 km
- Mine12.9 km
- Quarry2.3 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark12.3 km
- Church5.3 km
- Community hall8.1 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
- Population6,035
- Median income366,700 kr/yr
- Average age48.4 years
The figures describe Bräcke Municipality as a whole, not Bensjö.