Kärkölä
Kärkölä is a municipality of Finland. Its seat is in Järvelä.
Kärkölä | |
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Municipality | |
| Kärkölän kunta Kärkölä kommun | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Kärkölä in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 60°52′N 025°16.5′E | |
| Country |  |
| Region | Päijänne Tavastia |
| Sub-region | Lahti sub-region |
| Charter | 1865 |
| Seat | Järvelä |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Markku Koskinen |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 259.30 km2 (100.12 sq mi) |
| • Land | 256.47 km2 (99.02 sq mi) |
| • Water | 2.84 km2 (1.10 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 243rd largest in Finland |
| Population (2019-01-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 4,460 |
| • Rank | 191st largest in Finland |
| • Density | 17.39/km2 (45.0/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 96.9% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.3% |
| • Others | 2.8% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 16.7% |
| • 15 to 64 | 65.6% |
| • 65 or older | 17.7% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 20.25% |
| Climate | Dfc |
| Website | www.karkola.fi |
It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Päijänne Tavastia region. The municipality has a population of 4,460 (31 January 2019)[2] and covers an area of 259.30 square kilometres (100.12 sq mi) of which 2.84 km2 (1.10 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 17.39 inhabitants per square kilometre (45.0/sq mi).
Neighbour municipalities: Hausjärvi, Hollola, Hämeenlinna, Mäntsälä and Orimattila.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Botanist Carl Niclas von Hellens was born in Kärkölä.
References
- "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Tammikuu 2019" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- "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.
- "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
External links
- Municipality of Kärkölä – Official website (in Finnish)
Kärkölä Church
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