Karjalohja
Former municipality in Uusimaa, Finland
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Karjalohja (Finnish: [ˈkɑrjɑˌlohjɑ]; Swedish: Karislojo) is a former municipality of Finland.
Karjalohja | |
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Former municipality | |
| Karjalohjan kunta Karislojo kommun | |
Karjalohja in winter 2008 | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Karjalohja in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 60°14.5′N 023°43′E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Uusimaa |
| Sub-region | Helsinki sub-region (formerly Lohja sub-region) |
| Charter | 1614 |
| Consolidated | 2013 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Henri Partanen |
| Area | |
• 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 (31.48/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Climate | Dfb |
| Website | www.karjalohja.fi |
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 1,474 (31 December 2012)[2] and covered an area of 163.40 square kilometres (63.09 sq mi) of which 42.11 km2 (16.26 sq mi) was water.[1] The population density was 12.153/km2 (31.475/sq mi).
With Nummi-Pusula, Karjalohja was consolidated with the town of Lohja on 1 January 2013.[3]
Villages
Prior to its consolidation into Lohja in 2013, Karjalohja contained the following villages:
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Politics
Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Karjalohja:
- True Finns 21.9%
- Social Democratic Party 20.3%
- National Coalition Party 19.9%
- Centre Party 16.5%
- Green League 11.3%
- Left Alliance 4.2%
- Swedish People's Party 1.8%
- Christian Democrats 1.5%
People born in Karjalohja
- Artturi Aalto (1876–1937)
- Arno Anthoni (1900–1961)
