Karkkila
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| Karkkila Karkkila – Högfors |
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| — Town — | |||
| 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 |
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| Province | Southern Finland | ||
| Region | Uusimaa | ||
| Sub-region | Helsinki sub-region | ||
| Charter | 1932 | ||
| Town | 1977 | ||
| Government | |||
| - City manager | Minna Karhunen | ||
| Area (2009-01-01)[1] | |||
| - Total | 255.32 km2 (98.6 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 242.36 km2 (93.6 sq mi) | ||
| - Water | 12.96 km2 (5 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2009-03-31)[2] | |||
| - Total | 9,117 | ||
| - Density | 37.62/km2 (97.4/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] | 19.75% | ||
| 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.
It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of 9,117 (31 March 2009)[2] and the municipality covers an area of 255.32 square kilometres (98.58 sq mi) of which 12.96 square kilometres (5.00 sq mi) is inland water (2009-01-01).[1] The population density is 38 inhabitants per square kilometre (98 /sq mi) (31 March 2009).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Famous Finnish curler Markku Uusipaavalniemi comes from Karkkila.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2009" (in Finnish and Swedish) (PDF). Land Survey of Finland. http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/Pintaalat_kunnittain_1.1.2009.pdf. Retrieved on 20 February 2009.
- ^ a b "Population by municipality as of 31 March 2009" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Information System. Population Register Center of Finland. http://www.vrk.fi/vrk/files.nsf/files/5D795199C7CAC193C22575A000324AE2/$file/20090331.htm. Retrieved on 28 April 2009.
- ^ "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 on 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 on 28 April 2009.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2009". Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2008. http://www.vero.fi/nc/doc/download.asp?id=6425;167571. Retrieved on 8 March 2009.
[edit] External links
Media related to Karkkila at Wikimedia Commons- Official site
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