Uusikaupunki

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

Uusikaupunki Nystad
Town
Uudenkaupungin kaupunki Nystads stad
Coat of arms
Location of Uusikaupunki in Finland
Coordinates: 60°48′N 021°25′E
Country	Finland
Region	Southwest Finland
Sub-region	Vakka-Suomi sub-region
Charter	1617
Government
• Town manager	Atso Vainio
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Town	1,932.42 km2 (746.11 sq mi)
• Land	502.61 km2 (194.06 sq mi)
• Water	1,430.07 km2 (552.15 sq mi)
• Metro	502.49 km2 (194.01 sq mi)
Area rank	173rd largest in Finland
Population  (2020-07-31)[2]
• Town	15,461
• Rank	73rd largest in Finland
• Density	30.76/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	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]	20.25%
Climate	Dfb
Website	uusikaupunki.fi

It is located in the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of 15,461 (31 July 2020)[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 30.76 inhabitants per square kilometre (79.7/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[6] (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.[7]

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, 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.

Uusikaupunki is home to the Bonk museum.[8]