Karkkila

Karkkila
Karkkila; Karkkila – Högfors
	— Town —
Karkkilan kaupunki – Högfors stad
	Helvar Oy main office in Karkkila
	; Coat of arms
	; Coat of arms
	Location of Karkkila in Finland
	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
Region	Uusimaa
Sub-region	Helsinki sub-region
Charter	1932
Town	1977
Government
• City manager	Minna Karhunen
Area(2011-01-01)
• Total	255.31 km2 (98.58 sq mi)
• Land	242.36 km2 (93.58 sq mi)
• Water	12.95 km2 (5.00 sq mi)
Area rank	287th largest in Finland
Population (2013-02-28)
• Total	9,125
• Rank	116th largest in Finland
• Density	37.65/km2 (97.5/sq mi)
Population by native language
• Finnish	96.1% (official)
• Swedish	0.7%
• Others	3.2%
Population by age
• 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	20.25%
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.

Geography[edit]

It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of 9,125 (28 February 2013)^[2] and the municipality covers an area of 255.31 square kilometres (98.58 sq mi) of which 12.95 square kilometres (5.00 sq mi) is inland water (2011-01-01).^[1] The population density is 38 inhabitants per square kilometre (98 /sq mi) (28 February 2013).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Politics[edit]

Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Karkkila:

Personalities[edit]

Movie director Aki Kaurismäki lives in Karkkila.
Famous Finnish curler Markku Uusipaavalniemi comes from Karkkila.
Sampsa Astala, better known as Kita from the hard rock band Lordi, spent most of his teenage years living in Karkkila.

International relations[edit]

Twin towns - Sister cities[edit]

Karkkila is a member of the Douzelage, a unique town twinning association of 24 towns across the European Union. This active town twinning began in 1991 and there are regular events, such as a produce market from each of the other countries and festivals.^[6]^[7] Discussions regarding membership are also in hand with three further towns (Agros in Cyprus, Škofja Loka in Slovenia, and Tryavna in Bulgaria).