Karjalohja Explained

Karjalohja
Official Name:Finnish: Karjalohjan kunta
Swedish: Karislojo kommun
Settlement Type:Former municipality
Mapsize:150px
Pushpin Mapsize:150px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Finland
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Uusimaa
Subdivision Type2:Sub-region
Subdivision Name2:Helsinki sub-region (formerly Lohja sub-region)
Leader Title:Municipal manager
Leader Name:Henri Partanen
Established Title:Charter
Established Date:1614
Extinct Title:Consolidated
Extinct Date:2013
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:163.40
Area Land Km2:121.29
Area Water Km2:42.11
Population As Of:2012
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:1474
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics1 Info1:% (official)
Demographics1 Info2:%
Demographics1 Info3:%
Demographics1 Info4:%
Demographics2 Title1:0 to 14
Demographics2 Info1:%
Demographics2 Title2:15 to 64
Demographics2 Info2:%
Demographics2 Title3:65 or older
Demographics2 Info3:%
Blank1 Name:Climate
Blank1 Info:Dfb
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:60.2417°N 66°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Website:www.karjalohja.fi

Karjalohja (in Finnish ˈkɑrjɑˌlohjɑ/; Swedish: label=[[Finland-Swedish|Swedish]]|Karislojo) is a former municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. Before merging into Lohja, the municipality had a population of (31 December 2012) and covered an area of of which 42.11km2 was water. The population density was .

Karjalohja was consolidated with the town of Lohja on 1 January 2013.

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.[3]

Villages

Prior to its consolidation into Lohja in 2013, Karjalohja contained of the following villages:

Politics

Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Karjalohja:

People born in Karjalohja

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011 . 9 March 2011 . Land Survey of Finland . Finnish, Swedish.
  2. Web site: VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.1.2012 . Population Register Center of Finland . Finnish, Swedish . 11 February 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131003192016/http://vrk.fi/default.aspx?docid=6847&site=3&id=0 . 3 October 2013 .
  3. Web site: Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008 . 29 March 2009 . Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases . Statistics Finland .