Nykarleby

Nykarleby
NykarlebyUusikaarlepyy
Town
Nykarleby stad
Uudenkaarlepyyn kaupunki
The St. Birgitta Church in Nykarleby
The St. Birgitta Church in Nykarleby
Coat of arms of Nykarleby
Location of Nykarleby in Finland
Location of Nykarleby in Finland
Coordinates: 63°31′N 022°32′E / 63.517°N 22.533°E / 63.517; 22.533
Country Finland
RegionOstrobothnia
Sub-regionJakobstad sub-region
Charter1620
Government
 • Town managerThomas Björk
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total1,675.20 km2 (646.80 sq mi)
 • Land732.83 km2 (282.95 sq mi)
 • Water942.84 km2 (364.03 sq mi)
 • Rank117th largest in Finland
Population
 (2024-08-31)[2]
 • Total7,467
 • Rank127th largest in Finland
 • Density10.19/km2 (26.4/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Swedish83.7% (official)
 • Finnish6.5%
 • Others9.8%
Population by age
 • 0 to 1418.4%
 • 15 to 6456%
 • 65 or older25.7%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websitewww.nykarleby.fi
Illustration in Finland framstäldt i teckningar edited by Zacharias Topelius and published 1845-1852.

Nykarleby (Finland Swedish: [nyˈkɑːrleˌbyː]; Finnish: Uusikaarlepyy, Finnish: [ˈuːsiˌkɑːrleˌpyː]) is a town in Finland, located on the west coast of the country. Kronoby is situated in Ostrobothnia, along the Gulf of Bothnia. The population of Nykarleby is approximately 7,000, while the sub-region has a population of approximately 50,000. It is the 127th most populous municipality in Finland.

Nykarleby is a bilingual municipality with Finnish and Swedish as its official languages. The population consists of 7% Finnish speakers, 84% Swedish speakers, and 10% speakers of other languages.

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.

  1. ^ "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,625,011 at the end of August 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 24 September 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 26 April 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Nykarleby :: Historiikki". Archived from the original on 7 September 2007. Retrieved 24 February 2008.