Karkkila


Karkkila is a town and a municipality of Finland.
Neighbour municipalities are Lohja, Loppi, Tammela and Vihti.

Geography

Karkkila is located in the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is inland water. The population density is .
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Politics

Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Karkkila:

Twin towns - Sister cities

Karkkila was 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. Karkkila was replaced by Asikkala as the Finnish town in the association in 2016.