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ENKurkinen
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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest10 m
- Distance to water1.2 km
- Distance to farmland790 m
- Distance to shoreline350 m
Disturbance
- Distance to major road30 m
- Distance to railway4.6 km
- Distance to industry4.9 km
- Distance to power line900 m
Services
- Distance to grocery store6.8 km
- Distance to school6.4 km
- Distance to train station6.6 km
Median across 88 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 310–430
- 525–942
- 5610–1466
- 6115–1953
- 2620–2421
- 3725–2916
- 5130–3435
- 5035–3931
- 6240–4456
- 5745–4940
- 6550–5456
- 7555–5964
- 9360–6467
- 8865–6982
- 9670–7474
- 7775–7970
- 6080+56
Men 1,037Women 859
Marital status
- Unmarried957 (50 %)
- Married681 (36 %)
- Divorced194 (10 %)
- Widowed81 (4 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the statistical area (DeSO) covering Kurkinen, 1,896 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 140 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 seat8 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
- Palojärvi6 ha5.2 km
- Tervalammi6 ha5.5 km
- Myllyjärvi18 ha6 km
- Kaitijärvi10 ha10.5 km
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Surroundings
Natural hazards
- Flood zone35.4 km
- Wildfire area (since 2018)16.8 km
- Potentially contaminated land2 in the locality260 m
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve6.5 km
- Natura 200017.9 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest3.7 km
- Water protection area200 m
- Habitat protection4 km
- National conservation interest1.7 km
- National heritage interest7.3 km
Services & safety
- School3.4 km
- Fire station5.9 km
- Police station7.8 km
- Civil defence shelter7 km
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site1.5 km
- Swimming pool37.6 km
- Campsite5.4 km
- Hiking trail4.3 km
- Cycle trail7.5 km
- Floodlit track37.9 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant7.3 km
- Café4.5 km
- Petrol station7.3 km
- Library7.7 km
- Sports hall7.1 km
- Hotel7.3 km
- Care home36.9 km
- Recycling centre38.4 km
Disturbance
- Major road3.7 km
- Railway5.3 km
- Power line1.1 km
- Wind turbine6.6 km
- Mobile mast6.4 km
- Military area31.9 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)1.1 km
- Mine43 km
- Quarry2.6 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark7 km
- Church6.8 km
- Community hall7.2 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
- Population9,151
- Median income373,400 kr/yr
- Average age48.1 years
The figures describe Haparanda Municipality as a whole, not Kurkinen.