Poikkijärvi
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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest40 m
- Distance to water320 m
- Distance to farmland40 m
- Distance to shoreline320 m
Disturbance
- Distance to major road20 m
- Distance to railway55.8 km
- Distance to industry2.3 km
- Distance to power line10.3 km
Services
- Distance to grocery store4.5 km
- Distance to school4.2 km
- Distance to train station20.9 km
Median across 60 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 150–414
- 145–919
- 1210–149
- 1315–1913
- 1120–2410
- 2325–2918
- 3230–348
- 1735–3916
- 1740–4420
- 1945–497
- 2350–5417
- 3255–5927
- 3560–6424
- 4665–6945
- 5570–7432
- 4575–7936
- 5080+35
Men 459Women 350
Marital status
- Unmarried347 (43 %)
- Married318 (39 %)
- Divorced96 (12 %)
- Widowed48 (6 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the statistical area (DeSO) covering Poikkijärvi, 809 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 90 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 seat6 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
- Kuivajärvi98 ha320 m
- Särkijärvi20 ha3.1 km
- Orjaslompolo8 ha3.5 km
- Pitkäjärvi11 ha3.8 km
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Nearest localities
- Kuivakangas102 inhabitants1.1 km
- Haapakylä56 inhabitants2.1 km
- Pudas75 inhabitants2.8 km
- Övertorneå1,651 inhabitants3.2 km
- Soukolojärvi71 inhabitants6.7 km
- Hedenäset223 inhabitants20.4 km
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Surroundings
Natural hazards
- Flood zone29.9 km
- Wildfire area (since 2018)25.9 km
- Potentially contaminated land1 in the locality200 m
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve4.4 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest5.1 km
- Water protection area19.4 km
- Habitat protection1.8 km
- National conservation interest3.9 km
- National heritage interestThe locality lies within
Services & safety
- School4.1 km
- Fire station4.1 km
- Police station4.4 km
- Civil defence shelter1.4 km
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site40.7 km
- Swimming pool3.5 km
- Campsite3.6 km
- Hiking trail38.7 km
- Cycle trail1.3 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant4.4 km
- Café4.5 km
- Petrol station3.4 km
- Library4.3 km
- Sports hall4.4 km
- Hotel3.5 km
- Care home4.3 km
- Recycling centre5.1 km
Disturbance
- Major road1.5 km
- Power line10.4 km
- Wind turbine25.6 km
- Mobile mast27.9 km
- Military area4.9 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)2.1 km
- Mine21 km
- Quarry2.4 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark3.5 km
- Church1.9 km
- Community hall35.3 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
- Population4,057
- Median income387,200 kr/yr
- Average age51.5 years
The figures describe Övertorneå Municipality as a whole, not Poikkijärvi.