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| Uusikaupunki Nystad | |
|---|---|
| Town | |
| Uudenkaupungin kaupunki Nystads stad | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Uusikaupunki in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 60°48′N 021°25′E / 60.800°N 21.417°E / 60.800; 21.417 | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Southwest Finland |
| Sub-region | Vakka-Suomi sub-region |
| Charter | April 19, 1617 |
| Government | |
| • Town manager | Atso Vainio |
| Area | |
| • Town | 1,932.42 km (746.11 sq mi) |
| • Land | 503.22 km (194.29 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1,430.07 km (552.15 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 502.49 km (194.01 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 173rd largest in Finland |
| Population | |
| • Town | 14,873 |
| • Rank | 76th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 29.56/km (76.6/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 91.5% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.4% |
| • Others | 8.1% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 13.3% |
| • 15 to 64 | 57.4% |
| • 65 or older | 29.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Climate | Dfb |
| Website | uusikaupunki.fi |
Uusikaupunki (Finnish: [ˈuːsiˌkɑu̯puŋki]; Template:Lang-sv) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southwest Finland region, 71 kilometres (44 mi) northwest of Turku and 97 kilometres (60 mi) south of Pori. The municipality has a population of 14,873 (31 October 2024) and covers an area of 551.65 square kilometres (212.99 sq mi) of which 49.04 km (18.93 sq mi) is inland water. The population density is 29.56 inhabitants per square kilometre (76.6/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Both its Finnish and Swedish names translate literally to "new town". The original name of the main village that was incorporated into Uusikaupunki was Kalainen (roughly translated from Finnish as "rich in fish"). The surrounding region, and especially the neighboring town of Kalanti, which merged with Uusikaupunki in 1993, was already a lively marketplace for wooden objects and salt in the early Middle Ages. Uusikaupunki was founded to legalize this trade.
The town of Uusikaupunki was founded as a town with the rights of commerce on April 19, 1617 by decree by Gustav II Adolf. In 1721, the Peace of Nystad was signed in Uusikaupunki, ending the Great Northern War between Sweden and Russia, but as the Crimean War broke out in 1853, Uusikaupunki was attacked by French Navy and British Navy in 1855 during the Åland War. Up to the 19th century, Uusikaupunki was an important port for commerce and fishing, and up to the latter half of the 20th century, the Port of Uusikaupunki retained an important ship-building industry.
Uusikaupunki is the home of Valmet Automotive, a contract automobile mechanical production company, producing cars and vehicles for brands such as Mercedes-Benz. It was founded in 1968 as Saab-Valmet for manufacturing Saab cars. As of June 2017, Valmet is assembling Mercedes-Benz A-Class and Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class cars. Today, Valmet is one of the largest and most significant employers in Uusikaupunki.
Uusikaupunki is home to the Bonk museum.
Geography
Uusikaupunki is located in the Vakka-Suomi sub-region on the shores of the Gulf of Bothnia. The Sirppu River [fi] (Sirppujoki) flows through the town and flows into the reservoir of Uusikaupunki in the northern part of the town. The freshwater pool was built in 1965 when the bays of Velhovesi and Ruotsinvesi were dammed from the sea. The area of the basin is about 40 km², and the town and part of Vakka-Suomi get their domestic water from it. The acidity of the freshwater basin has caused some fish deaths as well as an overgrowth of aquatic plants.
In 2011, the Bothnian Sea National Park was established in the outer archipelago of Uusikaupunki. The area, named Finland's largest marine national park, begins in the south of the Kustavi archipelago and ends in the north in the Merikarvia archipelago.
Politics
The results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Uusikaupunki were:
- Social Democratic Party 26.6%
- True Finns 23.4%
- National Coalition Party 19.6%
- Centre Party 13.1%
- Left Alliance 8.1%
- Christian Democrats 4.2%
- Green League 2.3%
- Communist Party of Finland 0.7%
- Swedish People's Party 0.6%
People
- Aimo Cajander, Prime Minister of Finland (1922, 1924, 1937–39)
- Bernhard Henrik Crusell, virtuoso clarinetist and composer
- Robert Wilhelm Ekman, painter
- Anna Eriksson, singer
- Joni Haverinen (born 1987), ice hockey player
- Gordon Herbert, basketball coach and former player
- Eetu Koski (born 1992), ice hockey player
- Awak Kuier (born 2001), basketball player
- Jarmo Kuusisto (born 1961), ice hockey player
- Gerald Lee Sr., former basketball player
- Gerald Lee Jr., basketball player
- Aleksi Lehtonen, Archbishop of Finland (1945–1951)
- Johan Jakob Nervander, physicist, meteorologist and poet (1805–1848)
- Ilmari Saarelainen, actor
- Martti Simojoki, Archbishop of Finland (1964–78)
- Kari Takko, (born 1962) ice hockey goaltender
Points of interest
International relations
Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in FinlandTwin towns – sister cities
Uusikaupunki is twinned with:
Antsla, Estonia
Haderslev, Denmark
Veliky Novgorod, Novgorod Oblast, Russia
Sandefjord, Norway
Szentendre, Hungary
Varberg, Sweden
Sports
The town was co-host of the 1982 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women.
References
- ^ Yleistä Uudenkaupungin historiasta (in Finnish)
- "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,635,560 at the end of October 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 19 November 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 26 April 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- "1033–1034 (Pieni Tietosanakirja / IV. San Remo – Öölanti)". Runeberg.org. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- "Uusikaupunki – Uudenkaupungin historian lyhyt oppimäärä". 7 October 2013. Archived from the original on 7 October 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- IL: Valmet Automotive käynnistää 1 000 henkilön jättirekrytoinnin (in Finnish)
- "Bonk Museum". Bonkcentre.fi. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- "Perustietoja ja murretta" (in Finnish). Town of Uusikaupunki. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- "Makeanvedenallas" (in Finnish). Town of Uusikaupunki. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- "Selkämerelle perustettu Suomen suurin mereinen kansallispuisto". www.metsa.fi (in Finnish). Metsähallitus. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- "Karilla". Karilla.fi. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- "Suomen kuntien ystävyyskunnat Virossa" (in Finnish). Embassy of Finland, Tallinn. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
External links
Media related to Uusikaupunki at Wikimedia Commons
Uusikaupunki travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Town of Uusikaupunki – Official site
