Kärkölä () is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of

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and is part of the Päijänne Tavastia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Its seat is in

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, which is located along the Riihimäki– Lahti railway. Field in Kärkölä

Neighbour municipalities:

Hausjärvi Hausjärvi is a municipality of Finland. Its seat is in Oitti. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The po ...

, Hollola, Hämeenlinna,

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and

Orimattila Orimattila () is a town in Päijänne Tavastia regions of Finland, region, Finland. The southern part of Lahti is connected to the village of Orimattila, which is located in the region of Pennala. There are also several municipalities in the area, ...

. The distance between Kärkölä and Lahti is . 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

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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,

, Karvala, Kärkölä (''Kirkonkylä''),

Lappila Lappila is a village of Kärkölä municipality in Päijänne Tavastia, Finland. Its population is about 600. The village is located along the Riihimäki–Lahti railway, along which VR's regional trains stop at Lappila railway station. From the ...

, Maavehmaa, Marttila, Nummenkulma, Uusikylä, Vähä-Sattiala

Notable people

Carl Niclas von Hellens Carl Niclas von Hellens (1 August 1745 – 26 January 1820) was a Finnish botanist. Life He was born Carl Niclas Hellenius in Kärkölä and studied at the Royal Academy of Turku from 1764. He studied under Pehr Kalm and Pehr Adrian Gadd. He was ...

(1745–1820), botanist * Erik Gabriel Melartin (1780–1847), the

Archbishop of Turku The Archdiocese of Turku ( fi, Turun arkkihiippakunta, sv, Åbo ärkestift), historically known as '' Archdiocese of Åbo'', is the seat of the Archbishop of Turku. It is a part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, and its see city is ...

* Helvi Sipilä (1915–2009), diplomat, lawyer and politician *

Emil Väre Emil Ernst Väre (28 September 1885 – 31 January 1974) was a Finland, Finnish Amateur wrestling, wrestler who won the gold medals in the lightweight class at the 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics. Väre held the 1911 World title, the 1912 uno ...

(1885–1974), wrestler and Olympics gold medalist

References

External links

Municipality of Kärkölä
– Official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Karkola Populated places established in 1865

History

Villages

Notable people

See also

References

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