Karjalohja
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Karjalohja | |
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Former municipality | |
Karjalohjan kunta Karislojo kommun | |
Karjalohja in winter 2008 | |
Location of Karjalohja in Finland | |
Coordinates: 60°14.5′N 023°43′E / 60.2417°N 23.717°ECoordinates: 60°14.5′N 023°43′E / 60.2417°N 23.717°E | |
Country | Finland |
Region | Uusimaa |
Sub-region | Helsinki sub-region (formerly Lohja sub-region) |
Charter | 1614 |
Consolidated | 2013 |
Government | |
• Municipal manager | Henri Partanen |
Area | |
• Total | 163.40 km2 (63.09 sq mi) |
• Land | 121.29 km2 (46.83 sq mi) |
• Water | 42.11 km2 (16.26 sq mi) |
Population (2012)[2] | |
• Total | 1,474 |
• Density | 9.0/km2 (23/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Climate | Dfb |
Website | www.karjalohja.fi |
Karjalohja (Finnish: [ˈkɑrjɑˌlohjɑ]; Swedish: Karislojo) is a former municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of 1,474 (31 December 2012)[2] and covers an area of 163.40 square kilometres (63.09 sq mi) of which 42.11 km2 (16.26 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 12.153/km2 (31.475/sq mi).
Karjalohja was consolidated with the town of Lohja on 1 January 2013.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.[3]
Villages[edit]
Prior to its consolidation into Lohja in 2013, Karjalohja contained of the following villages:
- Härjänvatsa, Ilmoniemi, Immola, Karkali, Kattelus, Kourjoki, Kuusia, Kärkelä, Lohjantaipale, Lönnhammar (Linhamari), Maila, Makkarjoki, Murto, Mustlahti, Nummijärvi, Pappila, Pellonkylä, Pipola, Pitkälahti (Långvik), Puujärvi, Pyöli, Saarenpää, Sakkola, Suurniemi, Särkjärvi, Tallaa and Tammisto
Politics[edit]
Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Karjalohja:
- True Finns 21.9%
- Social Democratic Party 20.3%
- National Coalition Party 19.9%
- Centre Party 16.5%
- Green League 11.3%
- Left Alliance 4.2%
- Swedish People's Party 1.8%
- Christian Democrats 1.5%
People born in Karjalohja[edit]
- Artturi Aalto (1876 – 1937)
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ^ a b "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.1.2012" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- ^ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.[permanent dead link]
External links[edit]
Media related to Karjalohja at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Karjalohja – Official website (in Finnish)