Karkkila
Karkkila
| Karkkila Karkkila – Högfors |
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| Karkkilan kaupunki – Högfors stad | |||
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| Coordinates: 60°32′N 024°13′E / 60.533°N 24.217°ECoordinates: 60°32′N 024°13′E / 60.533°N 24.217°E | |||
| Country | Finland | ||
| Region | Uusimaa | ||
| Sub-region | Helsinki sub-region | ||
| Charter | 1932 | ||
| Town | 1977 | ||
| Government | |||
| - City manager | Minna Karhunen | ||
| Area(2011-01-01) | |||
| - Total | 255.31 km2 (98.6 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 242.36 km2 (93.6 sq mi) | ||
| - Water | 12.95 km2 (5 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 287th largest in Finland | ||
| Population (2011-01-31) | |||
| - Total | 9,197 | ||
| - Rank | 116th largest in Finland | ||
| - Density | 37.95/km2 (98.3/sq mi) | ||
| Population by native language | |||
| - Finnish | 96.1% (official) | ||
| - Swedish | 0.7% | ||
| - Others | 3.2% | ||
| Population by age | |||
| - 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 | 20.25% | ||
| Urbanisation | 88.4% | ||
| Unemployment rate | 7.8% | ||
| 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 9,197 (31 January 2011) 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). The population density is 38 inhabitants per square kilometre (98 /sq mi) (31 January 2011).
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
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Finland
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. Discussions regarding membership are also in hand with three further towns (Agros in Cyprus, Škofja Loka in Slovenia, and Tryavna in Bulgaria).
Altea, Spain - 1991
Bad Kötzting, Germany - 1991
Bellagio, Italy - 1991
Bundoran, Ireland - 1991
Granville, France - 1991
Holstebro, Denmark - 1991
Houffalize, Belgium - 1991
Meerssen, the Netherlands - 1991
Niederanven, Luxembourg - 1991
Preveza, Greece - 1991
Sesimbra, Portugal - 1991
Sherborne, United Kingdom - 1991
Karkkila, Finland - 1997
Oxelösund, Sweden - 1998
Judenburg, Austria - 1999
Chojna, Poland - 2004
Kőszeg, Hungary - 2004
Sigulda, Latvia - 2004
Sušice, Czech Republic - 2004
Türi, Estonia - 2004
Zvolen, Slovakia - 2007
Prienai, Lithuania - 2008
Marsaskala, Malta - 2009
Siret, Romania - 2010
- ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (in Finnish and Swedish) (PDF). Land Survey of Finland. http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/sites/default/files/pinta-alat_2011_kunnannimenmukaan.xls. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Population by municipality as of 31 January 2011" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Information System. Population Register Center of Finland. http://vrk.fi/default.aspx?docid=4258&site=3&id=0. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
- ^ "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. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=060_vaerak_tau_107_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+kielen+mukaan+sek%E4+ulkomaan+kansalaisten+m%E4%E4r%E4+ja+maa%2Dpinta%2Dala+alueittain++1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ^ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=050_vaerak_tau_104_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+i%E4n+%281%2Dv%2E%29+ja+sukupuolen+mukaan+alueittain+1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. http://www.vero.fi/nc/doc/download.asp?id=7996;193801. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ "Douzelage.org: Home". www.douzelage.org. http://www.douzelage.org/. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
- ^ "Douzelage.org: Member Towns". www.douzelage.org. http://www.douzelage.org/index.php?id=15. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
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