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Kärkölä
Municipality
Kärkölän kunta
Kärkölä kommun
Kärkölä Church
Kärkölä Church
Coat of arms of Kärkölä
Coat of arms
Location of Kärkölä in Finland
Location of Kärkölä in Finland
Country  Finland
Region Päijänne Tavastia
Sub-region Lahti sub-region
Charter 1865
Seat Järvelä
Area
 (2018-01-01)
 • Total 259.30 km2 (100.12 sq mi)
 • Land 256.5 km2 (99.0 sq mi)
 • Water 2.84 km2 (1.10 sq mi)
Area rank 243rd largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-12-31)
 • Total 4,114
 • Rank 189th largest in Finland
 • Density 16.04/km2 (41.5/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish 94.9% (official)
 • Swedish 0.5%
 • Others 4.7%
Population by age
 • 0 to 14 13.3%
 • 15 to 64 58.5%
 • 65 or older 28.1%
Time zone UTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Climate Dfc

Kärkölä (Finnish: [ˈkærkølæ]) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Päijänne Tavastia region. The municipality has a population of 4,114 (31 December 2023) and covers an area of 259.30 square kilometres (100.12 sq mi) of which 2.84 km2 (1.10 sq mi) is water. The population density is 16.04 inhabitants per square kilometre (41.5/sq mi). Its seat is in Järvelä, which is located along the RiihimäkiLahti railway.

Field in Kärkölä
Rapeseed field north of Kärkölä's church village.

Neighbour municipalities: Hausjärvi, Hollola, Hämeenlinna, Mäntsälä and Orimattila. The distance between Kärkölä and Lahti is 29 kilometres (18 mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

History

Kärkölä once belonged to the Hollola parish, and in 1711 it became the Hollola chapel parish. The first church was completed in 1754 and the second in 1889. Officially, the municipality of Kärkölä was founded in 1867. In the late 19th century, the eccentric engineer named Carl Constantin Collin, who ruled over large areas of both Hollola and Kärkölä, built large parks and building groups in the Huovila area.

Villages

Hevonoja, Hongisto, Hähkäniemi, Iso-Sattiala, Järvelä, Karvala, Kärkölä (Kirkonkylä), Lappila, Maavehmaa, Marttila, Nummenkulma, Uusikylä, Vähä-Sattiala

Notable people

  • Carl Niclas von Hellens (1745–1820), botanist
  • Erik Gabriel Melartin (1780–1847), the Archbishop of Turku
  • Helvi Sipilä (1915–2009), diplomat, lawyer and politician
  • Emil Väre (1885–1974), wrestler and Olympics gold medalist

See also

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