Karkkila

Karkkila Karkkila – Högfors
Town
Karkkilan kaupunki – Högfors stad
Road Helsingintie in town centre
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 (2016-01-01)[1]
• Total	242.36 km2 (93.58 sq mi)
• Land	242.36 km2 (93.58 sq mi)
• Water	12.95 km2 (5.00 sq mi)
Area rank	248th largest in Finland
Population (2016-03-31)[2]
• Total	8,966
• Rank	113th largest in Finland
• Density	36.99/km2 (95.8/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
• Finnish	7,001,961,000,000,000,000♠96.1% (official)
• Swedish	6,999,700,000,000,000,000♠0.7%
• Others	7,000,320,000,000,000,000♠3.2%
Population by age[4]
• 0 to 14	7,001,168,000,000,000,000♠16.8%
• 15 to 64	7,001,653,000,000,000,000♠65.3%
• 65 or older	7,001,179,009,999,900,000♠17.9%
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5]	20.25%
Urbanisation	88.4%
Unemployment rate	7.8%
Climate	Dfb
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 8,966 (31 March 2016)^[2] and the municipality covers an area of 242.36 square kilometres (93.58 sq mi) of which 12.95 square kilometres (5.00 sq mi) is inland water (2016-01-01).^[1] The population density is 37 inhabitants per square kilometre (96/sq mi) (31 March 2016).

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 was 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] Karkkila was replaced by Asikkala as the Finnish town in the association in 2016.

References

External links

• Media related to Karkkila at Wikimedia Commons
• Official site