Karjalohja

Karjalohja (Finnish: [ˈkɑrjɑˌlohjɑ]; Swedish: Karislojo) is a former municipality of Finland.

Karjalohja
Former municipality
Karjalohjan kunta Karislojo kommun
Karjalohja in winter 2008
Coat of arms
Location of Karjalohja in Finland
Coordinates: 60°14.5′N 023°43′E
Country	Finland
Region	Uusimaa
Sub-region	Helsinki sub-region (formerly Lohja sub-region)
Charter	1614
Consolidated	2013
Government
• Municipal manager	Henri Partanen
Area [1]
• Total	163.40 km2 (63.09 sq mi)
• Land	121.29 km2 (46.83 sq mi)
• Water	42.11 km2 (16.26 sq mi)
Population  (2012)[2]
• Total	1,474
• Density	9.0/km2 (23/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Climate	Dfb
Website	www.karjalohja.fi

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:

Härjänvatsa Ilmoniemi Immola Karkali Kattelus Kourjoki Kuusia Kärkelä Lohjantaipale

Lönnhammar (Linhamari) Maila Makkarjoki Murto Mustlahti Nummijärvi Pappila Pellonkylä Pipola

Pitkälahti (Långvik) Puujärvi Pyöli Saarenpää Sakkola Suurniemi Särkjärvi Tallaa Tammisto

Politics

Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Karjalohja:

• True Finns 21.9%
• Social Democratic Party 20.3%
• National Coalition Party 19.9%
• Centre Party 16.5%
• Green League 11.3%
• Left Alliance 4.2%
• Swedish People's Party 1.8%
• Christian Democrats 1.5%

People born in Karjalohja

• Artturi Aalto (1876–1937)
• Arno Anthoni (1900–1961)