Karkkila
| Karkkila Karkkila – Högfors |
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| Karkkilan kaupunki – Högfors stad | ||
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| Location of Karkkila in Finland Location of Karkkila in Finland |
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| Country |  Finland |
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| Region | Uusimaa | |
| Sub-region | Helsinki sub-region | |
| Charter | 1932 | |
| Town | 1977 | |
| Government | ||
| • City manager | Minna Karhunen | |
| Area (2011-01-01)[1] | ||
| • Total | 255.31 km2 (98.58 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 242.36 km2 (93.58 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 12.95 km2 (5.00 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 287th largest in Finland | |
| Population (2016-03-31)[2] | ||
| • Total | 8,966 | |
| • Rank | 116th largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 36.99/km2 (95.8/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language[3] | ||
| • Finnish | 96.1% (official) | |
| • Swedish | 0.7% | |
| • Others | 3.2% | |
| Population by age[4] | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 16.8% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 65.3% | |
| • 65 or older | 17.9% | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 20.25% | |
| Urbanisation | 88.4% | |
| Unemployment rate | 7.8% | |
| Climate | Dfb | |
| Website | www.karkkila.fi | |
Karkkila (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkɑrkːilɑ]; Swedish: Högfors) is a town and a municipality of Finland.
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Geography
It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of 8,966 (31 March 2016)[2] and the municipality covers an area of 255.31 square kilometres (98.58 sq mi) of which 12.95 square kilometres (5.00 sq mi) is inland water (2011-01-01).[1] The population density is 37 inhabitants per square kilometre (96/sq mi) (31 March 2016).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Politics
Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Karkkila:
- True Finns 25.2%
- Social Democratic Party 20.7%
- National Coalition Party 16.6%
- Left Alliance 14.8%
- Centre Party 9.2%
- Green League 7.2%
- Christian Democrats 3.8%
- Communist Party of Finland 0.6%
- Swedish People's Party 0.5%
Personalities
- Movie director Aki Kaurismäki lives in Karkkila.
- Famous Finnish curler Markku Uusipaavalniemi comes from Karkkila.
- Sampsa Astala, better known as Kita from the hard rock band Lordi, spent most of his teenage years living in Karkkila.
International relations
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Twin towns - Sister cities
Karkkila is a member of the Douzelage, a unique town twinning association of 24 towns across the European Union. This active town twinning began in 1991 and there are regular events, such as a produce market from each of the other countries and festivals.[6][7] Discussions regarding membership are also in hand with three further towns (Agros in Cyprus, Škofja Loka in Slovenia, and Tryavna in Bulgaria).
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External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons- Official site
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