Uusikaupunki

Also known as Nystad, Vasaborg

Uusikaupunki (; , ; also known as Vasaborg) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southwest Finland region, northwest of Turku and south of Pori. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is inland water. The population density is .

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Uusikaupunki is a town and municipality located in Southwest Finland, positioned northwest of Turku and south of Pori. It is a Finnish settlement with a specific geographic area that includes inland water, and it maintains a particular population density within its boundaries.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Uusikaupunki
Settlement.other_name: Nystad (New Town)Vasaborg
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_skyline: Uusikaupunki aerial 1.jpg
Settlement.image_shield: Uusikaupunki.vaakuna.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 120x80px
Settlement.image_map: Uusikaupunki sijainti Suomi.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Uusikaupunki in Finland
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Southwest Finland
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Sub-region

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15 sections

Contents

Geography
Cityscape
History
Economy
Politics
Points of interest
Culture
Music
Sports
Notable people
International relations
Twin towns – sister cities
See also
References
External links

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.