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
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Vakka-Suomi
Settlement.leader_title: Town manager
Settlement.leader_name: Atso Vainio
Settlement.established_title: Charter
Settlement.established_date: April 19, 1617
Settlement.area_metro_km2: 502.49

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Company

Jurisdiction: FI
Headquarters: UUSIKAUPUNKI, FI

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: city
Official name: Nystad stad
Country: Finland
Located in: Turku and Pori Province
Official language: Finnish
Population: 14938
Area: 1429.4
Elevation: 5
Time zone: UTC+03:00
Shares border with: Kustavi
Official website: uusikaupunki.fi/en
Image: Uudenkaupungin aittaranta 2.jpg
Dialing code: 2

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associated electoral district: Varsinais-Suomi
Commons category: Uusikaupunki
topic's main category: Category:Uusikaupunki
inception: 1617-01-01
category for people born here: Category:Births in Uusikaupunki
category of associated people: Category:People from Uusikaupunki
different from: New Town
located in the statistical territorial entity: Vakka-Suomi
native label: Nystad
citizens' initiative URL: www.kuntalaisaloite.fi/sv/sok?municipalities=895
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email address: mailto:[email protected]
postal code: 23500

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Encyclopedic overview

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.

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