
Mettä Dokkas
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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest10 m
- Distance to water90 m
- Distance to farmland490 m
- Distance to shoreline90 m
Disturbance
- Distance to major road30 m
- Distance to railway21.3 km
- Distance to industry25.7 km
- Distance to power line1.3 km
Services
- Distance to grocery store20.5 km
- Distance to school21.3 km
- Distance to train station28.2 km
Median across 61 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 170–412
- 145–914
- 1310–1418
- 1715–1915
- 1520–247
- 2425–2912
- 2630–3424
- 2935–3921
- 1740–4419
- 2545–4915
- 3250–5419
- 4155–5936
- 4460–6430
- 4265–6927
- 4670–7422
- 5575–7933
- 5780+41
Men 514Women 365
Marital status
- Unmarried479 (54 %)
- Married255 (29 %)
- Divorced93 (10 %)
- Widowed59 (7 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the statistical area (DeSO) covering Mettä Dokkas, 879 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 72 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 seat32 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
- Iso Koskamajärvi21 ha120 m
- Pannijärvi8 ha570 m
- Pikku-Koskamajärvi11 ha610 m
- Silmäpuoli6 ha930 m
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Nearest localities
- Dokkas105 inhabitants1.6 km
- Leipojärvi80 inhabitants3 km
- Hakkas332 inhabitants19.8 km
- Nilivaara125 inhabitants21.8 km
- Nattavaara by54 inhabitants35.2 km
- Nattavaara54 inhabitants37.1 km
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Surroundings
Natural hazards
- Flood zone16 km
- Wildfire area (since 2018)5.4 km
- Potentially contaminated land1 in the locality500 m
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve2.9 km
- Natura 200042.6 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest25.7 km
- Water protection area2.2 km
- Habitat protection15.3 km
- National conservation interest23.1 km
- National heritage interest26 km
Services & safety
- School1 in the locality510 m
- Fire station22.5 km
- Police station27.7 km
- Civil defence shelter26.2 km
Nature & outdoors
- Swimming pool21.2 km
- Campsite2.4 km
- Hiking trail27.3 km
- Cycle trail11.4 km
- Ski trail24.9 km
- Floodlit track26.9 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant27.5 km
- Café27 km
- Petrol station22 km
- Sports hall21.2 km
- Hotel26 km
- Recycling centre12.7 km
Disturbance
- Major road400 m
- Railway22.1 km
- Power line1.6 km
- Wind turbine32.8 km
- Mobile mast22.4 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)4 km
- Mine10.3 km
- Quarry9.7 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark26.9 km
- Church21.1 km
- Community hall17.6 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
- Population17,233
- Median income491,700 kr/yr
- Average age45.2 years
The figures describe Gällivare Municipality as a whole, not Mettä Dokkas.