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°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Ostrobothnia |
| Sub-region | Jakobstad sub-region |
| Charter | 1620 |
| Government | |
| • Town manager | Thomas Björk |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 1,675.20 km2 (646.80 sq mi) |
| • Land | 732.83 km2 (282.95 sq mi) |
| • Water | 942.84 km2 (364.03 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 117th largest in Finland |
| Population (2024-10-31)[2] | |
• Total | 7,450 |
| • Rank | 127th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 10.17/km2 (26.3/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Swedish | 83.7% (official) |
| • Finnish | 6.5% |
| • Others | 9.8% |
| 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) |
| Website | www |
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.
- ^ "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,635,560 at the end of October 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 19 November 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 26 April 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "Nykarleby :: Historiikki". Archived from the original on 7 September 2007. Retrieved 24 February 2008.