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 the following villages:

Politics

Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Karjalohja:

People born in Karjalohja

References

  1. ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Vuosi vaihtuu - kartalta katoaa 16 kuntaa". Yle (in Finnish). 31 December 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  4. ^ "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. Archived from the original on 12 June 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2009.

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