Karkkila
Karkkila
Högfors | |
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Town | |
Karkkilan kaupunki Högfors stad | |
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Coordinates: 60°32′N 024°13′E / 60.533°N 24.217°ECoordinates: 60°32′N 024°13′E / 60.533°N 24.217°E | |
Country | Finland |
Region | Uusimaa |
Sub-region | Helsinki sub-region (formerly Lohja sub-region) |
Charter | 1932 |
Town | 1977 |
Government | |
• City manager | Minna Karhunen |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 255.32 km2 (98.58 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 (2021-03-31)[2] | |
• Total | 8,696 |
• Rank | 114th largest in Finland |
• Density | 35.88/km2 (92.9/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 96.1% (official) |
• Swedish | 0.7% |
• Others | 3.2% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 14.9% |
• 15 to 64 | 58.3% |
• 65 or older | 26.7% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Municipal tax rate[5] | 21.25% |
Climate | Dfb |
Website | www.karkkila.fi |
Karkkila (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkɑrkːilɑ]; Swedish: Högfors) is a town and a municipality of Finland.
Neighbour municipalities are Lohja, Loppi, Tammela and Vihti.
Geography[]
Karkkila is located in the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of 8,696 (31 March 2021)[2] and covers an area of 255.32 square kilometres (98.58 sq mi) of which 12.95 square kilometres (5.00 sq mi) is inland water (2018-01-01).[1] The population density is 36 inhabitants per square kilometre (93/sq mi) (31 March 2021).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
History[]
Originally, Karkkila was a village in the municipality of Pyhäjärvi. In the 14th century, the Pyhäjärvi area belonged to the border area of the parishes of Janakkala and Lohja. In 1507, the Pyhäjärvi area became part of the Vihti parish, which was separated from the Lohja parish.[6] Pyhäjärvi became the chapel congregation of the Vihti parish in 1654.[6] The place was originally known as Pahajärvi. The name became established as Pyhäjärvi in the late 17th or 18th century. It was decided to form Pyhäjärvi as an independent parish by a decision of the Imperial Senate in 1861, but the separation did not happen until 1869.[6] Based on the municipal decree of 1865, Pyhäjärvi began its activities as a municipality in 1868.[7]
The borough of Karkkila was formed from the center of Pyhäjärvi by separating it from Pyhäjärvi in 1932.[7] The borough area consisted mainly of the villages of Nyhkälä and Karkkila. The growth and industrialization of Karkkila has been affected by the now closed narrow-gauge Hyvinkää–Karkkila railway.[8] Later, the municipality of Pyhäjärvi was merged with the Karkkila borough in 1969.[7] Until now, the municipality and the borough had belonged to the Pyhäjärvi parish, whose name was changed to the Karkkila parish in connection with the municipal association.[6][9] Officially, the Karkkila borough became a town in 1977.[7]
Politics[]
Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election 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.[10][11] Karkkila was replaced by Asikkala as the Finnish town in the association in 2016.
- Altea, Spain - 1991
- Bad Kötzting, Germany - 1991
- Bellagio, Italy - 1991
- Bundoran, Ireland - 1991
- Granville, France - 1991
- Holstebro, Denmark - 1991
- Houffalize, Belgium - 1991
- Meerssen, the Netherlands - 1991
- Niederanven, Luxembourg - 1991
- Preveza, Greece - 1991
- Sesimbra, Portugal - 1991
- Sherborne, United Kingdom - 1991
- Karkkila, Finland - 1997–2016
- Oxelösund, Sweden - 1998
- Judenburg, Austria - 1999
- Chojna, Poland - 2004
- Kőszeg, Hungary - 2004
- Sigulda, Latvia - 2004
- Sušice, Czech Republic - 2004
- Türi, Estonia - 2004
- Zvolen, Slovakia - 2007
- Prienai, Lithuania - 2008
- Marsaskala, Malta - 2009
- Siret, Romania - 2010
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Preliminary population structure by area, 2021M01*-2021M03*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "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 (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003-2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Seurakunnan historia lyhyesti" (in Finnish). Karkkilan seurakunta. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Kuutsa, Tommi. "Lukuja Karkkilan historiasta" (in Finnish). Karkkilan kaupunki. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
- ^ Joutsi, Jukka. "Karkkila" (in Finnish). Svala & Joutsi. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
- ^ Hannu Tarmio, Pentti Papunen& Kalevi Korpela: Suomenmaa 6: maantieteellis-yhteiskunnallinen tieto- ja hakuteos, pp. 319–321. Porvoo-Helsinki: WSOY, 1976. ISBN 951-0-06465-3. (in Finnish)
- ^ "Douzelage.org: Home". www.douzelage.org. Archived from the original on 2010-02-17. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
- ^ "Douzelage.org: Member Towns". www.douzelage.org. Archived from the original on 2009-04-06. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
External links[]
- Media related to Karkkila at Wikimedia Commons
- Official site
- Cities and towns in Finland
- Municipalities of Uusimaa
- Populated places established in 1932
- Southern Finland Province geography stubs