Nyköping Municipality

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Nyköpings kommun
County Södermanland County
Province Södermanland
Seat Nyköping
Area
 • Total area
 • Land area		 70th of 290
1,562.75 km²
1,427.89 km²
Population
 • Total
 44th of 290
50,191 inhabitants
Density
 • Total		 117th of 290
35.2 inhabitants/km²
Website http://www.nykoping.se/
Area & population from SCB as of December 31, 2006

Nyköping Municipality (Nyköpings kommun) is a municipality in Södermanland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Nyköping.

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.

[edit] Industry

The municipality has 3,000 companies but more than 50% are one-man companies. Only 80 have more than 25 employees; of those 33 have more than 50 employees.

A former military airfield in the municipality serves now as a civilian airport called Stockholm-Skavsta Airport.

[edit] Sister cities

The "Nordic sisters" were created following World War II. In chronological order:

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Localities in Nyköping Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden
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