Nykarleby
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| Landscape : | Ostrobothnia |
| Administrative community : | Jakobstad |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 31 ' N , 22 ° 32' E |
| Surface: | 1,675.39 km² |
| of which land area: | 732.48 km² |
| of which inland waterways: | 4.66 km² |
| of which sea area: | 938.25 km² |
| Residents : | 7,455 (Dec. 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 10.2 inhabitants / km² |
| Municipality number : | 893 |
| Language (s) : | Swedish , Finnish |
| Website : | www.nykarleby.fi |
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Nykarleby ( Finnish. Uusikaarlepyy ) is a city in the Finnish countryside of Ostrobothnia . More than 90% of the 7,455 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018) have Swedish as their mother tongue.
history
Nykarleby is one of the 15 cities founded by the Swedish King Gustav II Adolf . The foundation charter dates from September 7, 1620. Per Brahe the Younger had the first school in Österbotten established in Nykarleby in 1641, which was later moved to the city of Vaasa .
On January 1, 1975, the previously independent communities Jeppo , Munsala and Nykarleby Landskommun were merged to form today's city of Nykarleby.
- Population development
The development of the population of Nykarleby:
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Locations
The village Ytterjeppo (Finnish: Alajepua), part of Jeppo until 1974, has been part of the city since 1975. It is eight kilometers south of the center. The Finnish state road 19 ends there and joins the 8 / E 8 .
Town twinning
Sons and daughters
The city is the birthplace of the writer Zacharias Topelius (1818–1898), the composer Erik Bergman (1911–2006) and the athlete Sandra Eriksson (* 1989) as well as Erik , Gösta and Leo Ågren .
Web links
- Official website (German)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish land surveying office): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2010 . (PDF; 199 kB)
- ↑ Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018
- ↑ Statistics Finland, population figures 1980–2012 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
