Nykarleby
Nykarleby
Nykarleby – Uusikaarlepyy | |
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Town | |
| Nykarleby stad Uudenkaarlepyyn kaupunki | |
The St. Birgitta Church in Nykarleby | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Nykarleby in Finland | |
Interactive map of Nykarleby | |
| Coordinates: 63°31′N 022°32′E / 63.517°N 22.533°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Ostrobothnia |
| Sub-region | Jakobstad |
| Charter | 1620 |
| Government | |
| • Town manager | Thomas Björk |
| Area (2018-01-01) | |
• 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 (2025-06-30) | |
• Total | 7,462 |
| • Rank | 127th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 10.18/km2 (26.4/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Swedish | 83.7% (official) |
| • Finnish | 6.5% (official) |
| • 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: [ˈuːsiˌkɑːrlepyː]) is a town in Finland, located on the west coast of the country. The town is situated in Ostrobothnia, along the Gulf of Bothnia. The population is approximately 7,000, while the sub-region has a population of approximately 52,000. 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. A Swedish-speaking art school (Svenska Konstskolan) is located in Nykarleby town.