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 UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
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. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. 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.

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