Västra Nyland

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Västra Nyland
Type	newspaper published 6 times per week
Format	Tabloid

Owner	Västra Nylands Tidningar Ab
Editor	Tommy Westerlund
Founded	1881
Language	Swedish
Headquarters	Ekenäs

Website: www.vastranyland.fi

Västra Nyland is a regional Swedish-language newspaper in Finland. Its headquarters are located in Ekenäs. The name of the newspaper translates into "The western part of the Nyland region (of Finland)", this region also being the area where the newspaper is circulated. The newspaper is informally called Västis.

Västra Nyland was founded in 1881 by Theodor Neovius, and the first edition was published on October 7 the same year. Currently the newspaper has a circulation of about 11,000.