Yngaren is a lake in Södermanland County,

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. It is the second largest lake within Södermanland's interior after

Båven Båven () is a lake in the municipalities Flens, Gnesta, and Nyköping in Södermanland, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is th ...

Geography

Yngaren is located in south-central Södermanland and drains into small river

Nyköpingsån Nyköpingsån is a river primarily flowing through Södermanland County in Sweden. The river is named after Nyköping, where it flows into the Baltic Sea. Nyköping is also the largest settlement on the river proper and a large part of the drainage ...

through lakes

Hallbosjön Hallbosjön is a lake in Södermanland County, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geograph ...

and Långhalsen followed by Stadsfjärden of downtown

Nyköping Nyköping () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Nyköping Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 32,759 inhabitants as of 2017. The city is also the capital of Södermanland County. Including Arnö, the locality on the ...

into the Baltic Sea. The lake is relatively shallow and tends to easily freeze over to water ice during winter even after short spells below freezing due to its narrow and shallow nature. Even so, its maximum depth of about makes it deeper than most lakes in Södermanland. Yngaren is part of a lake system drained into Nyköpingsån with the aforementioned Hallbosjön and Långhalsen together with Torpsjön, Lidsjön,

and some smaller lakes. Together, these bodies of water dominate the geography of central Södermanland.

Demographics

Yngaren is located within three different municipalities. The southern half of the lake is set within

Nyköping Municipality Nyköping Municipality ( sv, 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 Tuna ...

, the north-western part in Katrineholm Municipality and the north-eastern part in Flen Municipality. None of the municipal seats are set on the lake and are all about from the nearest shoreline.

Settlements

These settlements are located either at or near Yngaren's shoreline and have their respective municipal districts follow the lake. *

Bettna Bettna is a locality situated in Flen Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 412 inhabitants in 2010. It is also a parish with the same name. Bettna is located at a similar distance from Flen, Katrineholm and Nyköping (20-30 km) and abou ...

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Björkvik Björkvik is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality situated in Katrineholm Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 492 inhabitants in 2010. It is primarily a farming community interspersed by forests and lakes, with some larger estates dating ...

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Katrineholm Katrineholm (pronunciation: or ) is a locality and the seat of Katrineholm Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 24,271 inhabitants in 2018. It is located in the inland of Södermanland and is the third largest urban area in the county ...

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Stigtomta Stigtomta is a locality situated in Nyköping Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 1,942 inhabitants in 2010. It is located around 15 kilometres outside the city centre of Nyköping. Riksdag The Riksdag (, ; also sv, riksdagen ...

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Vrena Vrena (local pronunciation ''Vréna'') is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality situated in Nyköping Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 630 inhabitants as of 2015. Geography Vrena is located between the lakes of Hallbosjön and Långha ...

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