Karjalohja

Karjalohja
Former municipality
Karjalohjan kunta

Karjalohja in winter 2008

Coat of arms

Location of Karjalohja in Finland
Coordinates: 60°14.5′N 023°43′E / 60.2417°N 23.717°E / 60.2417; 23.717Coordinates: 60°14.5′N 023°43′E / 60.2417°N 23.717°E / 60.2417; 23.717
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:

People born in Karjalohja

References

  1. 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  2. 1 2 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.1.2012" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  3. "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

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