Uusikaupunki, Southwest Finland Region, Finland
🇫🇮 Uusikaupunki is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southwest Finland region, 71 km (44 mi) north-west of Turku and 97 km (60 mi) south of Pori. The municipality covers an area of 551.65 square km (212.99 sq mi) of which 49.04 km² (18.93 sq mi) is inland water.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Both its Finnish and Swedish names translate literally to "new town". The original name of the main village that was incorporated into Uusikaupunki was Kalainen (roughly translated from Finnish as "rich in fish"). The surrounding region, and especially the neighbouring town of Kalanti, which merged with Uusikaupunki in 1993, was already a lively marketplace for wooden objects and salt in the early Middle Ages. Uusikaupunki was founded to legalise this trade.
Economy Uusikaupunki is the home of Valmet Automotive, a contract automobile mechanical production company, producing cars and vehicles for brands such as Mercedes-Benz. It was founded in 1968 as Saab-Valmet for manufacturing Saab cars. As of June 2017, Valmet is assembling Mercedes-Benz A-Class and Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class cars. Today, Valmet is one of the largest and most significant employers in Uusikaupunki.
Europe/Helsinki/Southwest_Finland
Uusikaupunki has a population of over 15,463 people. Uusikaupunki also forms part of the wider Vakka-Suomi district which has a population of over 40,118 people. It is also a part of the larger Southwest Finland region. Uusikaupunki is situated 71 km north-west of Turku.
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Uusikaupunki has links with:
🇪🇪 Antsla, Estonia 🇩🇰 Haderslev, Denmark 🇳🇴 Sandefjord, Norway 🇭🇺 Szentendre, Hungary 🇸🇰 Tvrdošin, Slovak Republic 🇪🇪 Valga, Estonia 🇱🇻 Valka, Latvia 🇸🇪 Varberg, Sweden 🇷🇺 Veliky Novgorod, Russia🇷🇺 Nizhnevartovsk 60.966
🇫🇮 Hämeenlinna 60.997
🇷🇺 Khanty-Mansiysk 61.003
🇫🇮 Lappeenranta 61.067
🇷🇺 Nefteyugansk 61.092
🇳🇴 Hermansverk 61.194
🇨🇦 Whitehorse 60.721
🇲🇰 Kisela Voda 21.441
Locations Near: Uusikaupunki 21.4167,60.8
🇫🇮 Satakunta 22,61.333 d: 67.1
🇫🇮 Turku 22.252,60.453 d: 59.7
🇦🇽 Mariehamn 19.935,60.097 d: 112.8
🇫🇮 Salò 23.125,60.388 d: 103.9
🇫🇮 Tampere 23.757,61.498 d: 147.6
🇫🇮 Seinäjoki 22.841,62.789 d: 233.5
🇫🇮 Lohja 24.067,60.25 d: 157.3
🇫🇮 Hämeenlinna 24.459,60.997 d: 166
Antipodal to: Uusikaupunki -158.583,-60.8
🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 15417.9
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 15151.3
🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 14750.4
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 14684.7
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 11055.6
🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 10948.4
🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 10932.3
🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 10929.4