Nyköping Municipality
Municipality in Södermanland County, Sweden / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nyköping Municipality (Swedish: Nyköpings kommun) is a municipality in Södermanland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Nyköping, which is containing a majority of the residents. Its southern tip in the district of Tunaberg is the southernmost point of mainland Svealand, one of the three original crowns forming Sweden. Nyköping is the administrative capital of Södermanland and hosts both the governors' residence and the regional council.
Nyköping Municipality
Nyköpings kommun | |
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Coordinates: 58°45′N 17°00′E | |
Country | Sweden |
County | Södermanland County |
Seat | Nyköping |
Area | |
• Total | 2,066.41 km2 (797.85 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,420.84 km2 (548.59 sq mi) |
• Water | 645.57 km2 (249.26 sq mi) |
Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
Population (31 December 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 58,200 |
• Density | 28/km2 (73/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | SE |
Province | Södermanland |
Municipal code | 0480 |
Website | www.nykoping.se www.visitnykoping.se |
The municipality was created in 1971 with the amalgamation of the City of Nyköping and a great number of other municipalities. It was split up in three parts in 1992, when Gnesta Municipality and Trosa Municipality were created. The rural areas of the modern municipality is a merger between the historical rural districts of Jönåker in the west and Rönö in the east, with a portion of the Jönåker hundred being replaced by the southeastern part of Oppunda. The village of Jönåker itself became part of the municipality as a result of the mergers. Politically, Nyköping is historically dominated by the Social Democrats, although margins between the coalitions have been closer in some recent elections. Employment has transformed from industry to more of a commuter and service town in recent decades.
Nyköping itself sits on an inlet and has a seasonal tourist port that often freezes in winter. The rural and rugged coastline is a distinct feature of the municipality. The local climate has four distinct seasons. Snow cover in winter is variable and by contrast, especially seaside summer nights are warm by Nordic standards. Nyköpingsån is the largest river running through the municipality, with its basin forming a lake district around the village of Vrena in the north with the lakes of Yngaren and Långhalsen dominating the landscape. The largest lake of the drainage basin is Båven somewhat further east. Kilaån and Svärtaån are the other sizeable river systems draining into the Baltic Sea within the municipality.
In the rural part of the municipality, the majority live in the many inland villages where Stigtomta is the largest. The largest population concentration outside of Nyköping proper is in the villages of the Kila river valley to the west of town, with a total of about 4,400 people in the three districts following the lowest course of the river.[3] Elsewhere, the municipality is sparsely populated. Tystberga is the main village of the rural eastern parts and Nävekvarn the main settlement of the southern coast, with both being in relative isolation.