
Kiruna
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Facts
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Place profile
Life situation (index 0-100)
Nature
- Distance to forest1.6 km
- Distance to water1.1 km
- Distance to farmland3.6 km
- Distance to shoreline1.1 km
Disturbance
- Distance to major road20 m
- Distance to railway3 km
- Distance to industry330 m
- Distance to power line1.5 km
Services
- Distance to grocery store480 m
- Distance to school490 m
- Distance to train station3.9 km
Median across 3,894 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
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Age distribution
- 4700–4434
- 4835–9459
- 48310–14497
- 49715–19475
- 60520–24495
- 78725–29510
- 85130–34665
- 77835–39643
- 62640–44510
- 49945–49422
- 56850–54548
- 64555–59576
- 61860–64557
- 50865–69456
- 42370–74410
- 35575–79414
- 49580+671
Men 9,691Women 8,742
Marital status
- Unmarried10,981 (60 %)
- Married5,127 (28 %)
- Divorced1,518 (8 %)
- Widowed759 (4 %)
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the 13 statistical areas (DeSO) covering Kiruna, 18,433 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 17,284 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 seatThis IS the municipal seat
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Lakes nearby
- Alalompolo26 ha1.5 km
- Luossajärvi148 ha3.4 km
- Duollojávri38 ha3.7 km
- Leväjärvi6 ha4.7 km
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Nearest localities
- Laxforsen55 inhabitants9.7 km
- Kurravaara140 inhabitants9.8 km
- Laxforsen182 inhabitants10.5 km
- Laxforsen62 inhabitants11 km
- Rotivaara142 inhabitants11.5 km
- Jukkasjärvi753 inhabitants12 km
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Associations and activities
- Kiruna RidklubbsporthallSports
- Kiruna gravkapellkyrkaReligion
- Kiruna krematoriumkyrkaReligion
- Kiruna kyrkakyrkaReligion
- PRO KirunapensionärsföreningSocial
Associations and activities carrying the locality's name, from the municipalities' own registers, the Swedish Sports Confederation and the Swedish Tax Agency. The list is not exhaustive: an association without the locality name in its name is not included.
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Surroundings
Natural hazards
- Flood zone9.4 km
- Wildfire area (since 2018)32.6 km
- Potentially contaminated land141 in the locality60 m
Protection & regulations
- Nature reserve5.2 km
- Natura 200019 km
- National outdoor-recreation interest9.8 km
- Water protection area13.2 km
- Habitat protection34.7 km
- National conservation interest8.8 km
- National heritage interestThe locality lies within
Services & safety
- School16 in the locality590 m
- Fire station1 in the locality920 m
- Police station1 in the locality1.8 km
- Civil defence shelter248 in the locality60 m
Nature & outdoors
- Bathing site40.6 km
- Swimming pool1 in the locality1.4 km
- Campsite1 in the locality1.4 km
- Hiking trail1.8 km
- Floodlit track1 km
Service & nöje
- Restaurant13 in the locality870 m
- Café9.2 km
- Petrol station7 in the locality210 m
- Library1 in the locality1.6 km
- Sports hall2 in the locality1.2 km
- Hotel12 in the locality500 m
- Care home2 in the locality1.2 km
- Recycling centre39 km
Disturbance
- Major road190 m
- Railway5.1 km
- Power line1.6 km
- Wind turbine5.7 km
- Mobile mast2 in the locality1.7 km
- Military area6 km
Below ground
- Uranium in bedrock (radon indicator)3.6 km
- Mine2.1 km
- Quarry2.9 km
Culture
- Museum or landmark2 in the locality1.4 km
- Church6 in the locality570 m
- Community hall14.6 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
- Population22,426
- Median income478,800 kr/yr
- Average age43.1 years