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Nyköping Municipality
Nyköping Municipality () is a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Södermanland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the city status in Sweden, 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. 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 Hundred (county division), rural districts of :sv:Jönåkers härad, Jönåker in the west and :sv:Rönö härad, Rönö in the east. The northwestern part of the Jönåker hundred was r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Sweden
The municipalities of Sweden () are its generally smaller but co-equal local government Legal entity, entities. There are 290 municipalities which are responsible for a large proportion of local services, including schools, emergency services and physical planning. Foundation The Local Government Act of 1991 specifies several responsibilities for the municipalities, and provides outlines for local government, such as the process for electing the Municipal assembly (Sweden), municipal assembly. It also regulates a process (''laglighetsprövning'', "legality trial") through which any citizen can appeal the decisions of a local government to a county court. Municipality, Municipal government in Sweden is similar to city commission government and cabinet-style council, cabinet-style council government. A legislative municipal assembly ''(kommunfullmäktige)'' of between 31 and 101 members (always an odd number) is elected from party-list proportional representation at municipal ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hundred (county Division)
A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region. It was formerly used in England, Wales, some parts of the United States, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, and in Cumberland County in the British Colony of New South Wales. It is still used in other places, including in Australia (in South Australia and the Northern Territory). Other terms for the hundred in English and other languages include '' wapentake'', ''herred'' (Danish and Bokmål Norwegian), ''herad'' ( Nynorsk Norwegian), ''härad'' or ''hundare'' (Swedish), ''Harde'' (German), ''hiird'' ( North Frisian), ''kihlakunta'' (Finnish), and '' cantref'' (Welsh). In Ireland, a similar subdivision of counties is referred to as a barony, and a hundred is a subdivision of a particularly large townland (most townlands are not divided into hundreds). Etymology The origin of the division of counties into hundreds is described by the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' (''OED'') as "exceedingly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svärtaån
Svärtaån is a river in the eastern parts of Nyköping Municipality in Södermanland, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count .... The river drains into the Baltic Sea near the village of Sjösa and takes its name from the district of Svärta, which is predominantly runs through. The largest lake in the river system is Likstammen close to the source. The terrain in the area is low, but with many rolling hills and the river runs up well below above sea level. References Rivers of Södermanland County {{Sweden-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilaån
Kilaån is a river primarily running through the southern parts of Södermanland County in Sweden. Its exodus is in south Nyköping on the Södermanland coast. The river's mouth is only a few hundred metres from the larger river of Nyköpingsån. The peninsula of Arnö and Oxelösund is reached by crossing the small river, being only a few metres wide. The river passes by the rural localities of Stavsjö, Jönåker and Bergshammar on its way through Nyköping Municipality Nyköping Municipality () is a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Södermanland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the city status in Sweden, city of Nyköping, which is containing a majority of the residents. Its southern t ... to the shoreline. It forms a sizeable river valley called ''Kiladalen'' in the last of its course, with elevated forests to its south and rolling hills to the north. The southern hills above the valley extend upwards of above sea level. The river is also relativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Båven
Båven () is a lake in the municipalities of Flen, Gnesta, and Nyköping in Södermanland, Sweden. The lake is characterized by branches and many islands, with over 500 km of shoreline. Around Båven there are a number of estates and manors, including Sparreholm, Vibyholm and Rockelstad. The lake has relatively clean water and a rich bird life with many bird protection areas. The lake is one of the few lakes or waterways in Sweden with the presence of wels catfish The wels catfish ( or ; ''Silurus glanis''), also called sheatfish or just wels, is a large species of catfish native to wide areas of central, southern, and eastern Europe, in the basins of the Baltic, Black and Caspian Seas. It has been intro .... References Lakes of Södermanland County {{Södermanland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drainage Basin
A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, the drainage divide, made up of a succession of elevated features, such as ridges and hills. A basin may consist of smaller basins that merge at river confluences, forming a hierarchical pattern. Other terms for a drainage basin are catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, river basin, water basin, and impluvium. In North America, they are commonly called a watershed, though in other English-speaking places, " watershed" is used only in its original sense, that of the drainage divide line. A drainage basin's boundaries are determined by watershed delineation, a common task in environmental engineering and science. In a closed drainage basin, or endorheic basin, rather than flowing to the ocean, water converges toward the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Långhalsen
Långhalsen is a lake predominantly in Nyköping Municipality, Södermanland, Sweden that is part of the Nyköpingsån drainage area. There is a very small portion of the lake's northern inlet that is part of Flen Municipality Flen Municipality () is a municipality in central Södermanland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Flen. The present municipality was formed in 1971 through the amalgamation of the ''City of Flen'' (instituted in 194 .... There are three nearby lakes directly connected to its north that also are named Långhalsen due to their similar shapes, although they are considered separate lakes due to being connected by narrow rivers and straits. The lake surface is located at above sea level with multiple inlets and has several islands, the highest of which rises to . References Lakes of Södermanland County {{Södermanland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yngaren
Yngaren is a lake in Södermanland County, Sweden. It is the second largest lake within Södermanland's interior after Båven. Geography Yngaren is located in south-central Södermanland and drains into small river Nyköpingsån through lakes Hallbosjön and Långhalsen followed by Stadsfjärden of downtown Nyköping 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, Båven 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 Municipali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vrena
Vrena (local pronunciation ''Vréna'') is a locality situated in Nyköping Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 630 inhabitants as of 2015. Geography Vrena is located between the lakes of Hallbosjön and Långhalsen along national road 52. The larger lake of Yngaren is also close. The area is surrounded by lakes in multiple directions and is situated on a narrow branch of elevated land that separates the various Sörmlandic lake basins. Vrena's shorelines are at about of elevation. The village is about northwest from downtown Nyköping and south of the smaller town of Flen. The fully open sea is about to the southeast. Vrena is also nearly halfway between the settlements of Stigtomta and Bettna, the latter on the other side of the nearby boundary of Flen Municipality. The local climate is mild for its latitude. Lake moderation vanishes in winter since those frequently freeze over. During summer the surrounding waters lower diurnal temperature variation, renderin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 area water is in the corresponding Nyköping Municipality, municipality. Nyköpingsån is one of two rivers to flow into the harbour of Nyköping, the other being Kilaån that winds through the southwestern part of the municipality eastwards from Kolmården. The highest source of the river is the small lake of :sv:Svartsjön (Hallsbergs socken, Närke), Svartsjön in Hallsberg Municipality, Örebro County at above sea level. The innermost source and furthest western part is :sv:Norra Dovrasjön, Norra Dovrasjön also in Hallsberg Municipality at a somewhat lower elevation. The innermost and most elevated riverside locality is in Åsbro at when the river passes through the lake of :sv:Tisaren, Tisaren. Although a shorter and lower route, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Social Democratic Party
The Swedish Social Democratic Party, formally the Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party ( , S or SAP), usually referred to as The Social Democrats ( ), is a social democratic political party in Sweden. The party is member of the Progressive Alliance and the Party of European Socialists. Founded in 1889, the SAP is the country's oldest and currently largest party. From the mid-1930s to the 1980s, the Social Democratic Party won more than 40% of the vote. From 1932 to 1976, the SAP was continuously in government. From 1982 to 2022, the party was in government with the exception of the periods 1991–1994 and 2006–2014. Since 2022, the party has been out of government. It participates in elections as "The Workers' Party – The Social Democrats" ( ). The first female PM in Swedish history, Magdalena Andersson, is the current leader of the Social Democratic Party. History Founded in 1889 as a member of the Second International, a split occurred in 1917 when the left soci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jönåker
Jönåker is a locality situated in Nyköping Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 617 inhabitants in 2010. Jönåker is known locally for being situated right on a steep hill by local standards and the trading house, the so-called "Kalle in the hill" former gas station (). The railway passes through Jönåker, but trains do not stop there, instead twisting around the hill on the route between Nyköping and Norrköping. Elections Jönåker forms the Lunda electoral district in Nyköping Municipality, named after the local church atop the hill that Jönåker sits beneath. Lunda used to be a swing district in that it can go the way of both traditional coalitions, although it is solidly to the right of urban Nyköping throughout its history. Since 1973, while the district swung back and forth between the coalitions several times, the winning margins were rarely close. In 2022, the area had shifted back decisively to the right and became the only district where the Sweden De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
