Mark Horner

Geography | History | Culture
🇫🇮 Karkkila is a town and a municipality of Finland. Neighbour municipalities are Lohja, Loppi, Tammela and Vihti.
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Geography Karkkila is located in the Uusimaa region. The municipality covers an area of 255.32 square km (98.58 sq mi) of which 12.95 square km (5.00 sq mi) is inland water (2018-01-01). The population density is 36 inhabitants per square kilometre (93/sq mi) (28 February 2023).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
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History Originally, Karkkila was a village in the municipality of Pyhäjärvi. In the 14th century, the Pyhäjärvi area belonged to the border area of the parishes of Janakkala and Lohja. In 1507, the Pyhäjärvi area became part of the Vihti parish, which was separated from the Lohja parish. Pyhäjärvi became the chapel congregation of the Vihti parish in 1654. The place was originally known as Pahajärvi ("bad lake"), but the name became established as Pyhäjärvi ("holy lake") in the late 17th or 18th century. It was decided to form Pyhäjärvi as an independent parish by a decision of the Imperial Senate in 1861, but the separation did not happen until 1869. Based on the municipal decree of 1865, Pyhäjärvi began its activities as a municipality in 1868.

The borough of Karkkila was formed from the centre of Pyhäjärvi by separating it from Pyhäjärvi in 1932. The borough area consisted mainly of the villages of Nyhkälä and Karkkila. The growth and industrialization of Karkkila has been affected by the now closed narrow-gauge Hyvinkää–Karkkila railway. Later, the municipality of Pyhäjärvi was merged with the Karkkila borough in 1969. Until now, the municipality and the borough had belonged to the Pyhäjärvi parish, whose name was changed to the Karkkila parish in connection with the municipal association. Officially, the Karkkila borough became a town in 1977.
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Culture • Sulattofestival, an art and music festival
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Europe/Helsinki/Uusimaa

Image: Adobe Stock Ramunas #372982565

Karkkila has a population of over 8,900 people. Karkkila also forms part of the Greater Helsinki metropolitan area which has a population of over 1,671,024 people. Karkkila is situated near Lohja.

Twin Towns, Sister Cities Karkkila has links with:

🇪🇸 Altea, Spain, until 2016 🇩🇪 Bad Kötzting, Germany, until 2016 🇮🇹 Bellagio, Italy, until 2016 🇮🇪 Bundoran, Ireland, until 2016 🇵🇱 Chojna, Poland, until 2016 🇫🇷 Granville, France, until 2016 🇩🇰 Holstebro, Denmark, until 2016 🇧🇪 Houffalize, Belgium, until 2016 🇦🇹 Judenburg, Austria, until 2016 🇭🇺 Kőszeg, Hungary, until 2016 🇲🇹 Marsaskala, Malta, until 2016 🇳🇱 Meerssen, Netherlands, until 2016 🇱🇺 Niederanven, Luxembourg, until 2016 🇸🇪 Oxelösund, Sweden, until 2016 🇬🇷 Preveza, Greece, until 2016 🇱🇹 Prienai, Lithuania, until 2016 🇵🇹 Sesimbra, Portugal, until 2016 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sherborne, England, until 2016 🇱🇻 Sigulda, Latvia, until 2016 🇷🇴 Siret, Romania, until 2016 🇸🇮 Škofja Loka, Slovenia 🇨🇿 Sušice, Czech Republic, until 2016 🇧🇬 Tryavna, Bulgaria 🇪🇪 Türi, Estonia, until 2016 🇳🇴 Vadsø, Norway, until 2016 🇸🇰 Zvolen, Slovak Republic, until 2016

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