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Kärkölä
Municipality in Päijänne Tavastia, Finland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 4,114 (31 December 2023)[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 16.04 inhabitants per square kilometre (41.5/sq mi). Its seat is in Järvelä, which is located along the Riihimäki–Lahti railway.
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Kärkölä | |
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Municipality | |
Kärkölän kunta Kärkölä kommun | |
![]() Kärkölä Church | |
![]() 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 | 256.5 km2 (99.0 sq mi) |
• Water | 2.84 km2 (1.10 sq mi) |
• Rank | 243rd largest in Finland |
Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 4,114 |
• Rank | 189th largest in Finland |
• Density | 16.04/km2 (41.5/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 |
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Neighbour municipalities: Hausjärvi, Hollola, Hämeenlinna, Mäntsälä and Orimattila. The distance between Kärkölä and Lahti is 29 kilometres (18 mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.