Uusikaupunki

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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 Template:Infobox Finnish Municipality/population count (Error: Invalid time.)[1] and covers an area of [convert: invalid number] of which [convert: invalid number] is inland water. The population density is [convert: invalid number].

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[2]

Politics

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

People

Points of interests

Restaurant Pursiseuran Paviljonki [3]

Myllymäki park [4]

International relations

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

Twin towns – Sister cities

Uusikaupunki is twinned with:

References

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  2. ^ Bonk Museum.
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  5. ^ "Antsla valla arengukava 2003–2012" (in Estonian). Antsla vald. p. 81. Retrieved 23 July 2011.

External links

Media related to Uusikaupunki at Wikimedia Commons

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Uusikaupunki.
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