Karjalohja
| Karjalohja | ||
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| Former municipality | ||
| Karjalohjan kunta | ||
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Karjalohja in winter 2008 | ||
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 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 | |
| Charter | 1614 | |
| Consolidated | 2013 | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal manager | Henri Partanen | |
| Area[1] | ||
| • 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 | 12.15/km2 (31.5/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Climate | Dfb | |
| Website | www.karjalohja.fi | |
Karjalohja (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkɑrjɑˌlohjɑ]), or Karislojo in Swedish, 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]
Politics
Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 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
- Artturi Aalto (1876 – 1937)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.1.2012" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. 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.
External links
Media related to Karjalohja at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Karjalohja – Official website (Finnish)
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