Karjalohja
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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]
Villages
Prior to its consolidation into Lohja in 2013, Karjalohja contained of 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)
References
- ^ 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]
External links
Media related to Karjalohja at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Karjalohja – Official website (in Finnish)
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- Bromarv
- Degerby
- Ekenäs
- Ekenäs landskommun
- Haaga
- Huopalahti
- Hyvinkään maalaiskunta
- Karis
- Karjalohja
- Karjaan maalaiskunta
- Kulosaari
- Liljendal
- Lohjan kunta
- Nummi
- Nummi-Pusula
- Oulunkylä
- Pernå
- Pohja
- Porvoon maalaiskunta
- Pusula
- Ruotsinpyhtää
- Sammatti
- Snappertuna
- Tenala
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