Karkkila

Karkkila Karkkila – Högfors
Town
Karkkilan kaupunki – Högfors stad
Helvar Oy main office in Karkkila
Coat of arms
Location of Karkkila in Finland
Coordinates: 60°32′N 024°13′E / 60.533°N 24.217°E / 60.533; 24.217Coordinates: 60°32′N 024°13′E / 60.533°N 24.217°E / 60.533; 24.217
Country	Finland
Region	Uusimaa
Sub-region	Helsinki sub-region
Charter	1932
Town	1977
Government
• City manager	Minna Karhunen
Area(2011-01-01)[1]
• Total	255.31 km2 (98.58 sq mi)
• Land	242.36 km2 (93.58 sq mi)
• Water	12.95 km2 (5.00 sq mi)
Area rank	287th largest in Finland
Population (2013-08-31)[2]
• Total	9,125
• Rank	116th largest in Finland
• Density	37.65/km2 (97.5/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
• Finnish	7,001,961,000,000,000,00096.1% (official)
• Swedish	6,999,700,000,000,000,0000.7%
• Others	7,000,320,000,000,000,0003.2%
Population by age[4]
• 0 to 14	7,001,168,000,000,000,00016.8%
• 15 to 64	7,001,653,000,000,000,00065.3%
• 65 or older	7,001,179,009,999,900,00017.9%
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5]	20.25%
Urbanisation	88.4%
Unemployment rate	7.8%
Website	www.karkkila.fi

Karkkila (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkɑrkːilɑ]; Swedish: Högfors) is a town and a municipality of Finland.

Geography

It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of 9,125 (31 August 2013)^[2] and the municipality covers an area of 255.31 square kilometres (98.58 sq mi) of which 12.95 square kilometres (5.00 sq mi) is inland water (2011-01-01).^[1] The population density is 38 inhabitants per square kilometre (98 /sq mi) (31 August 2013).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Politics

Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Karkkila:

• True Finns 25.2%
• Social Democratic Party 20.7%
• National Coalition Party 16.6%
• Left Alliance 14.8%
• Centre Party 9.2%
• Green League 7.2%
• Christian Democrats 3.8%
• Communist Party of Finland 0.6%
• Swedish People's Party 0.5%

Personalities

• Movie director Aki Kaurismäki lives in Karkkila.
• Famous Finnish curler Markku Uusipaavalniemi comes from Karkkila.
• Sampsa Astala, better known as Kita from the hard rock band Lordi, spent most of his teenage years living in Karkkila.

International relations

Twin towns - Sister cities

Karkkila is a member of the Douzelage, a unique town twinning association of 24 towns across the European Union. This active town twinning began in 1991 and there are regular events, such as a produce market from each of the other countries and festivals.^[6][7] Discussions regarding membership are also in hand with three further towns (Agros in Cyprus, Škofja Loka in Slovenia, and Tryavna in Bulgaria).

References

External links

• Media related to Karkkila at Wikimedia Commons
• Official site

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v t e European Union: Members of the town twinning "Douzelage" Altea Bad Kötzting Bellagio Bundoran Chojna Granville Holstebro Houffalize Judenburg Karkkila Kőszeg Marsaskala Meerssen Niederanven Oxelösund Preveza Prienai Sesimbra Sherborne Sigulda Siret Sušice Türi Zvolen