Nykarleby
Nykarleby (Finland Swedish: [nyˈkɑːrleˌbyː]; Finnish: Uusikaarlepyy, Finnish: [ˈuːsiˌkɑːrleˌpyː]) 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 / 63.517°N 22.533°ECoordinates: 63°31′N 022°32′E / 63.517°N 22.533°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| 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) |
| • Rank | 117th largest in Finland |
| Population (2023-02-28)[2] | |
| • Total | 7,431 |
| • Rank | 130th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 10.15/km2 (26.3/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Swedish | 89.3% (official) |
| • Finnish | 8.1% |
| • Others | 2.6% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 18.4% |
| • 15 to 64 | 56% |
| • 65 or older | 25.7% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 21.25% |
| 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.
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] Nykarleby has the highest concentration of Ukrainian speakers in Finland.
Population by mother tongue in 2021[8]
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, (1818–1898) author[9]
- Erik Bergman, (1911–2006), composer
- Gösta Ågren, (1936–2020) poet and director
- Leo Komarov, (born 1987) ice hockey player
- Sandra Eriksson, (born 1989) a middle distance runner
- Rory Penttinen, (born 1979) racing driver
International relations
Twin towns – Sister cities
Nykarleby is twinned with:
See also
References
- ^ "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Preliminary population structure by area, 2022M01*-2023M02*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- ^ a b "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 (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ . Archived from the original on 7 September 2007. Retrieved 24 February 2008.
- ^ Helsingin Sanomat Kuukausiliite, January 1995. [1] 9 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Externally referred to in: Asiakastieto. Luottolista 2000. [2][permanent dead link]
- ^ "Väestö 31.12. Muuttujina Alue, Kieli, Sukupuoli, Vuosi ja Tiedot".
- ^ Gosse, Edmund William (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). p. 49.
External links
Media related to Nykarleby at Wikimedia Commons
- – Official website
- A comprehensive collection of stories and pictures from Nykarleby's history (in Swedish)