Kärkölä (Finnish: [ˈkærkølæ]) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Päijänne Tavastia region. The municipality has a population of 4,094 (31 October 2024)[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 15.96 inhabitants per square kilometre (41.3/sq mi). Its seat is in Järvelä, which is located along the Riihimäki–Lahti railway.
Kärkölä | |
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Municipality | |
| Kärkölän kunta Kärkölä kommun | |
 Kärkölä Church | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Kärkölä in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 60°52′N 025°16.5′E / 60.867°N 25.2750°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| 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 | 256.5 km2 (99.0 sq mi) |
| • Water | 2.84 km2 (1.10 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 243rd largest in Finland |
| Population (2024-10-31)[2] | |
• Total | 4,094 |
| • Rank | 189th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 15.96/km2 (41.3/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 94.9% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.5% |
| • Others | 4.7% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 13.3% |
| • 15 to 64 | 58.5% |
| • 65 or older | 28.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Climate | Dfc |
| Website | www |
Neighbour municipalities: Hausjärvi, Hollola, Hämeenlinna, Mäntsälä and Orimattila. The distance between Kärkölä and Lahti is 29 kilometres (18 mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
History
editKärkölä once belonged to the Hollola parish, and in 1711 it became the Hollola chapel parish. The first church was completed in 1754 and the second in 1889.[5] Officially, the municipality of Kärkölä was founded in 1867.[6] In the late 19th century, the eccentric engineer named Carl Constantin Collin, who ruled over large areas of both Hollola and Kärkölä, built large parks and building groups in the Huovila area.[7]
Villages
editHevonoja, Hongisto, Hähkäniemi, Iso-Sattiala, Järvelä, Karvala, Kärkölä (Kirkonkylä), Lappila, Maavehmaa, Marttila, Nummenkulma, Uusikylä, Vähä-Sattiala
Notable people
edit- Carl Niclas von Hellens (1745–1820), botanist
- Erik Gabriel Melartin (1780–1847), the Archbishop of Turku
- Helvi Sipilä (1915–2009), diplomat, lawyer and politician
- Emil Väre (1885–1974), wrestler and Olympics gold medalist
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,635,560 at the end of October 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 19 November 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "Kärkölän seurakunnan historia". Kärkölän kappeliseurakunta (in Finnish). Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ "Kärkölän historiallisen perustamiskokouksen esityslista Kärkölän Huovilassa Tammikuun 26. päivänä 1867". Kärkölä (in Finnish). Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ "Arvoituksellinen insinööri - Huovilan Collin". Kärkölä (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
External links
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Media related to Kärkölä at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Kärkölä – Official website (in Finnish)