Nykarleby
Nykarleby (Finland Swedish: [nyˈkɑːrleˌbyː]; Finnish: Uusikaarlepyy) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Ostrobothnia region. The municipality is bilingual, with the majority speaking Swedish (89% ) and the minority Finnish (8% ).[3]
Nykarleby
Nykarleby – Uusikaarlepyy | |
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Town | |
Nykarleby stad Uudenkaarlepyyn kaupunki | |
![]() The St. Birgitta Church in Nykarleby. | |
![]() Coat of arms | |
![]() Location of Nykarleby in Finland | |
Coordinates: 63°31′N 022°32′E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Ostrobothnia |
Sub-region | Jakobstad sub-region |
Charter | 1620 |
Government | |
• Town manager | Mats Brandt |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 1,675.20 km2 (646.80 sq mi) |
• Land | 732.37 km2 (282.77 sq mi) |
• Water | 942.84 km2 (364.03 sq mi) |
Area rank | 117th largest in Finland |
Population (2020-07-31)[2] | |
• Total | 7,496 |
• Rank | 130th largest in Finland |
• Density | 10.24/km2 (26.5/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Swedish | 89.3% (official) |
• Finnish | 8.1% |
• Others | 2.6% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 17% |
• 15 to 64 | 62.6% |
• 65 or older | 20.4% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.75% |
Website | www.nykarleby.fi |
The largest employers in the town are Prevex (member of KWH Group), a packaging and piping products manufacturer, Westwood, which manufactures wooden staircases, and in the village of Jeppo, KWH Mirka, a coated abrasives manufacturer.[6] A Swedish-speaking art school (Svenska Konstskolan) is located in Nykarleby town.
Politics
Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Nykarleby:
- Swedish People's Party 63.8%
- Social Democratic Party 24.9%
- Christian Democrats 4.6%
- True Finns 2.0%
- Centre Party 1.6%
- Left Alliance 1.5%
- National Coalition Party 0.7%
- Green League 0.6%
Notable people
List of notable people that were born in, or have lived in, Nykarleby.
- Zacharias Topelius, author
- Erik Bergman, composer
- Leo Komarov, ice hockey player
- Sandra Eriksson, distance runner
- Anders Engström, director
- Gösta Ågren, poet and director
- Alexander Nyman, floorball player & World Champion
History
The town is located at the mouth of the Lapua river. The name of the place was Lapuan Joensuu or "mouth of Lapua river". The municipality was founded in 1607 by merging parts of Pedersöre and Vörå into a new parish. In 1620, the small village of Lepua was chartered as a city, with the Swedish name Nykarleby, which means "New Karleby", and the Finnish name is a Finnicized version of the same. The town was chartered in the same year as the nearby city of Kokkola, or in Swedish, Gamlakarleby (later, Karleby).
The battles of Nykarleby and Jutas were fought there between Swedish and Russian troops during the Finnish War in 1808.
Zacharias Topelius, an important author in Finland, was born in Nykarleby.
In 1995, the small, idyllic town was ranked as "the happiest city in Finland" in a controversial article in Helsingin Sanomat, the leading newspaper of Finland.[7]
International relations
References
- "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Heinäkuu 2020" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- "Nykarleby :: Historiikki". Archived from the original on 7 September 2007. Retrieved 24 February 2008.
- Helsingin Sanomat Kuukausiliite, January 1995. Archived 9 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Externally referred to in: Asiakastieto. Luottolista 2000.
External links
Media related to Nykarleby at Wikimedia Commons
- Town of Nykarleby – Official website
- A comprehensive collection of stories and pictures from Nykarleby's history (in Swedish)