Uusikaupunki
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 Finland
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| Landscape : | Varsinais-Suomi |
| Administrative community : | Vakka-Suomi |
| Geographical location | 60 ° 47 ′ N , 21 ° 25 ′ E |
| Surface: | 1,932.72 km² |
| of which land area: | 502.56 km² |
| of which inland waterways: | 49.10 km² |
| of which sea area: | 1,381.06 km² |
| Residents : | 15,700 (Dec. 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 31.2 inhabitants / km² |
| Municipality number : | 895 |
| Language (s) : | Finnish |
| Website : | uusikaupunki.fi |
Uusikaupunki [ ˈuːsiˌkɑu̯puŋki ] ( Swedish : Nystad [ ˈnyːstɑːd ], both German literally "Neustadt"; place name before the city was founded: Kalainen , German literally "Fischreich" in the sense of "rich in fish") is a small town in western Finland . It is located around 70 km northwest of Turku on the Gulf of Bothnia .
history
Uusikaupunki was founded in 1617 by the Swedish King Gustav II Adolf . In 1721 the Peace of Nystad was concluded here, which ended the 21-year Great Northern War and subsequently established Russia's rise to a great European power and Sweden's decline as a hegemonic power.
economy
With Valmet Automotive (a Metso Ventures company ) Uusikaupunki is home to the only Finnish and at the same time northernmost car factory in the world. Two models of the Porsche brand ( Boxster and Cayman ) were assembled there until 2011, and they were shipped from what was once the second largest port in Finland . According to Valmet, a total of around 228,000 Porsches were produced in Finland from 1997 to 2011. Valmet Automotive also produces the convertible top for the convertible version of the Mercedes-Benz E-Class . Valmet expanded this area at the end of 2010 by taking over the roof division of the insolvent Osnabrück-based car manufacturer Karmann , with the remaining production facilities in Osnabrück and Żary in Poland . Between 2013 and 2016, a total of more than 100,000 Mercedes-Benz A-Class vehicles were built. From 2017, additional units of the mid-size SUV GLC will be produced at Valmet's Uusikaupunki plant.
The Uusikaupunki plant has a one-shift capacity of 30,000 cars a year. The plant employs around 800 people.
A special feature is the water supply. After the dry summer of 1955 made drinking water scarce, a number of islands north of the city were connected by dams. This created a 40 km² large basin, separated from the Baltic Sea, which today contains around 0.16 km³ of fresh water and from which 7,400 m³ of water is withdrawn every day.
religion
Culture
The so-called Crusell Week has been held annually at the end of July / beginning of August since 1982 . This all about the wood brass bands standing festival of international standing is the born in Uusikaupunki composer Bernhard Henrik Crusell dedicated to the royal court in Stockholm held a significant position.
Marketplace
Wooden houses in Uusikaupunki
Windmills on Myllymäki, the mill hill
Town twinning
Sister cities of Uusikaupunki are:
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There is also cooperation with the Swedish city of Östhammar .
Born in the city
- Bernhard Henrik Crusell (1775–1838), composer, clarinetist
- Johan Jakob Nervander (1805–1848), poet, physicist and meteorologist
- Robert Wilhelm Ekman (1808–1873), painter and teacher of the national romantic style
- Aimo Kaarlo Cajander (1879–1943), forest scientist, geobotanist and politician
- Kari Takko (* 1962), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Mi Grönlund (* 1972), actress
- Karoliina Kantelinen (* 1975), musician
Web links
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- ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish Land Surveyors): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2010 . (PDF; 199 kB)
- ↑ Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018
- ↑ http://runeberg.org/pieni/4/0569.html
- ↑ Daimler also has the Mercedes GLC built by Valmet. In: www.automobil-produktion.de. Retrieved November 22, 2016 .
- ^ Valmet Automotive
- ^ Uusikaupunki website , accessed October 29, 2018.
