Charter 1865 Time zone EET (UTC+2) Region Päijänne Tavastia | Seat Järvelä Local time Sunday 8:15 PM | |
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Area rank 243rd largest in Finland Weather -2°C, Wind SW at 3 km/h, 86% Humidity | ||
Kärkölä is a municipality of Finland. Its seat is in Järvelä.
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It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Päijänne Tavastia region. The municipality has a population of 4,575 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 256.48 square kilometres (99.03 sq mi) of which 2.84 km2 (1.10 sq mi) is water. The population density is 17.84 inhabitants per square kilometre (46.2/sq mi).
Neighbour municipalities: Hausjärvi, Hollola, Hämeenlinna, Mäntsälä and Orimattila.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Botanist Carl Niclas von Hellens was born in Kärkölä.
References
Kärkölä Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA