Editing Nyköping Municipality (section)

==Geography==

The following localities are large enough as in having more than 200 inhabitants to qualify under the Swedish definition of a locality. Many of these localities are former seats of rural municipalities.

* [[Nyköping]] (seat)
* [[Arnö]] (part of the Nyköping urban area)
* [[Bergshammar]]
* [[Buskhyttan]]
* [[Enstaberga]]
* [[Jönåker]]
* [[Nävekvarn]]
* [[Runtuna]]
* [[Sjösa]]
* [[Stavsjö]]
* [[Stigtomta]]
* [[Svalsta]]
* [[Vrena]]
* [[Tystberga]]
* [[Ålberga]]

Of those, only Buskhyttan, Nävekvarn and Sjösa are either onshore or near-coastal settlements, the rest being in the municipality's interior. Nävekvarn is the only other settlement than Nyköping to maintain a harbour and a seaside environment.

In addition there are numerous smaller settlements not large enough to meet the classification. The most significant of those are Aspa, Bränn-Ekeby, Koppartorp, Lappetorp, Lid, Lästringe, Ripsa, Råby and Svärta. Seaside mixed residence/holiday home areas also include Helgö, Horn, Hummelvik, Skeppsvik, Svärdsklova, Uttervik, Vålarö and Örstig.

The western area of the rural part of the municipality is more densely populated than the eastern side, with [[Stigtomta]] and the tri-village conurbation of [[Bergshammar]], [[Svalsta]] and [[Enstaberga]] being located on that side. [[Stockholm Skavsta Airport|Skavsta Airport]] is also located in this section of the municipality. In 2018, there were 8,699 Swedish citizens of voting age registered in rural electoral wards set west of [[Riksväg 53|National Road 53]] that goes roughly through the centre of the municipality compared to only 4,362 east of the road.<ref name=val2018/> This meant that 2/3 of the rural populace was in the western portion of the municipality.

The majority of residents, however, are living in Nyköping's urban area.

===Bodies of water===
Nyköping Municipality has a vast coastline on the [[Baltic Sea]] and several [[freshwater]] bodies. The two largest lakes are [[Yngaren]] and [[Båven]], both connected to the sea through [[Nyköpingsån]], a narrow river passing through Nyköping, entering through the lake of [[Långhalsen]] some {{convert|10|km|mi}} north of town.