Uusikaupunki

**Uudenkaupungin kaupunki**
Image:Uusikaupunki.vaakuna.svg
city in Finland

Province	Western Finland
Region	Finland Proper
Sub-region	Vakka-Suomi
City manager	Kari Koski
Official languages	Finnish
Area - total - land	ranked 179th 540.65 km² 492.93 km²
Population - total (2003) - change - density	ranked 64th 16,405 - 1.7 % 33.3/km²
Urbanisation	79.2 %
Unemployment rate	13.2 %
http://uusikaupunki.fi/

Uusikaupunki (IPA: [ˈuːsiˌkɑupuŋki]), or Nystad in Swedish, is a town and municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of 16,260 (2004-12-31) and covers an area of 540.65 km² (excluding sea) of which 47.72 km² is inland water. The population density is 32.99 inhabitants per km².

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Uusikaupunki is the home of Valmet Automotive, a mechanical production company, producing cars and vehicles for other manufacturers.

In 1721, the Peace of Nystad was signed in Uusikaupunki.

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