Jakobstad

Jakobstad is a city and municipality in Ostrobothnia, Finland. The city has a populace of 19,287 and covers a land area of 88.31 rectangular kilometers. The population density is 218.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Neighbor municipalities are Larsmo, Pedersore, and Nykarleby. The town become based in 1652 through Ebba Brahe, the widow of the army commander Jacob De los angeles Gardie, and turned into granted city privileges by means of Queen Christina of Sweden.

The town changed into based on the vintage harbour of the parish Pedersore. Pedersore remains an independent municipality neighboring Jakobstad. The town grew slowly before everything, with the authorities scarcely promoting any boom. In 1680 the inhabitants have been ordered to relocate to the cities of Karleby, Uleaborg and Nykarleby; however the order turned into rescinded. Wars additionally contributed to the gradual increase, and the town turned into invaded by way of Russian troops two times throughout the Greater Wrath, and huge parts of the metropolis have been burnt to the ground. A majority of the inhabitants fled the city.