Karjalohja | |
|---|---|
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 / 60.2417°N 23.717°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 | 9.0/km2 (23/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Climate | Dfb |
| Website | www.karjalohja.fi |
Karjalohja (Finnish: [ˈkɑrjɑˌlohjɑ]; 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 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]
The municipality was unilingually Finnish.[4]
- ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ^ a b "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.1.2012" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- ^ "Vuosi vaihtuu - kartalta katoaa 16 kuntaa". Yle (in Finnish). 31 December 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ^ "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.[permanent dead link]