Kärkölä () is a

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. It is located in the

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and is part of the Päijänne Tavastia

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. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The

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is . Its seat is in Järvelä, which is located along the

Riihimäki Riihimäki (; ) is a town and municipality in the south of Finland, about north of Helsinki and southeast of Tampere. An important railway junction is located in Riihimäki, since railway tracks from Riihimäki lead to Helsinki, Tampere and La ...

–

Lahti Lahti (; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Päijät-Häme. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Lahti is approximately , while the Lahti sub-region, sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the mo ...

railway. Neighbour municipalities:

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Hollola Hollola () is a municipality of Finland, located in the western part of the Päijänne Tavastia region. The municipality is unilingually Finnish and has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . ...

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Mäntsälä Mäntsälä () is a municipality in the province of Southern Finland, and is part of the Uusimaa region. It has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finni ...

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 Pennala, which is located in the northern part of the Orimattila municipality. Its neighboring municipali ...

. The distance between Kärkölä and

is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

History

Kärkölä once belonged to the

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),

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* Erik Gabriel Melartin (1780–1847), the Archbishop of Turku *

Helvi Sipilä Helvi Linnea Aleksandra Sipilä (née Maukola; 5 May 1915 – 15 May 2009) was a Finnish diplomat, lawyer and politician. She was known as a promoter of women's rights, and was the first-ever female Assistant-Secretary-General of the Unite ...

(1915–2009), diplomat, lawyer and politician * Emil Väre (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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