Uusikaupunki

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Uusikaupunki
Uusikaupunki
Town
Uudenkaupungin kaupunki
Market place with the New Church in the background
Market place with the New Church in the background
Coat of arms of Uusikaupunki
Coat of arms
Location of Uusikaupunki in Finland
Location of Uusikaupunki in Finland
Country  Finland
Region Southwest Finland
Sub-region Vakka-Suomi sub-region
Charter 1617
Government
 • Town manager Atso Vainio
Area (2011-01-01)[1]
 • Total 1,932.68 km2 (746.21 sq mi)
 • Land 502.61 km2 (194.06 sq mi)
 • Water 1,430.07 km2 (552.15 sq mi)
Area rank 45th largest in Finland
Population (2016-03-31)[2]
 • Total 15,469
 • Rank 74th largest in Finland
 • Density 30.78/km2 (79.7/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
 • Finnish 98.8% (official)
 • Swedish 0.5%
 • Others 0.7%
Population by age[4]
 • 0 to 14 14.5%
 • 15 to 64 66.3%
 • 65 or older 19.3%
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5] 20.25%
Website uusikaupunki.fi

Uusikaupunki (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈuːsiˌkɑupuŋki], Swedish: Nystad), is a town and municipality of Finland.

It is located in the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of 15,469 (31 March 2016)[2] and covers an area of 551.65 square kilometres (212.99 sq mi) of which 49.04 km2 (18.93 sq mi) is inland water. The population density is 30.78 inhabitants per square kilometre (79.7/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Both its Finnish and Swedish names mean literally "new town". The original name of the main village that was incorporated into Uusikaupunki was Kalainen (which is a Finnish adjective meaning "having plenty of fish"). The village of Kalainen originated as a market place for the people of Vakka-Suomi.

The town of Uusikaupunki was founded as a town with the rights of commerce in 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. Up to the 19th century it was an important port for commerce and fishing, and up to the latter half of the 20th century it still retained an important ship building industry.

Uusikaupunki is the home of Valmet Automotive, a contract automobile mechanical production company, producing cars and vehicles for other manufacturers. It was founded in 1968 as Saab-Valmet for manufacturing Saab cars. It is currently manufacturing Mercedes-Benz A-Class cars.

Uusikaupunki is home to the Bonk museum[6]

Politics

The results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Uusikaupunki were:

People

Points of interests

Restaurant Pursiseuran Paviljonki [7]

Myllymäki park [8]

International relations

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Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Finland

Twin towns – Sister cities

Uusikaupunki is twinned with:

References

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External links

Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons

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