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Kärkölä () is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Päijät-Häme region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Its seat is in Järvelä, which is located along the Riihimäki–Lahti railway.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Kärkölä
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline
Kärkölä church.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Kärkölä Church
Settlement.imagesize
200px
Settlement.image_shield
Kärkölä.vaakuna.svg
Settlement.shield_size
120x80px
Settlement.image_map
Kärkölä sijainti Suomi.svg
Settlement.map_caption
Location of Kärkölä in Finland
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Päijät-Häme
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Sub-region
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Lahti
Settlement.seat
Järvelä
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor
Settlement.leader_name
Markku Koskinen
Settlement.established_title
Charter

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Kärkölä () is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Päijät-Häme region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Its seat is in Järvelä, which is located along the Riihimäki–Lahti railway.

thumb|Rapeseed field north of Kärkölä's church village.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kärkölä” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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