Lohja

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Lohja

LohjaLojo
Town
Lohjan kaupunkiLojo stad
Laurinkatu street in central Lohja
Laurinkatu street in central Lohja
Coat of airms o Lohja
Coat airms
Location o Lohja in Finland
Location o Lohja in Finland
Coordinates: 60°15′N 024°04′E / 60.250°N 24.067°E / 60.250; 24.067Coordinates: 60°15′N 024°04′E / 60.250°N 24.067°E / 60.250; 24.067
Kintra Finland
RegionUusimaa
Sub-regionHelsinki sub-region
Chairter1926
Ceety richts1969
Govrenment
 • Toun managerSimo Juva
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total1109.73 km2 (428.47 sq mi)
 • Laund349.41 km2 (134.91 sq mi)
 • Water91.78 km2 (35.44 sq mi)
Area rank82nt lairgest in Finland
Population
 (2019-01-31)[2]
 • Total46,269
 • Rank23rd lairgest in Finland
 • Density132.42/km2 (343.0/sq mi)
Population bi native leid
 • Finnish93.6% (offeecial)
 • Swadish4% (offeecial)
 • Ithers2.4%
Population by age
 • 0 tae 1418.7%
 • 15 tae 6466.4%
 • 65 or aulder14.9%
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]19.5%
Urbanisation89.7%
Unemployment rate8.4%
Websitewww.lohja.fi

Lohja (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈlohjɑ]; Swadish: Lojo), is a toun an municipality o Finland.

It is locatit in the province o Soothren Finland an is pairt o the Uusimaa region. The toun haes a population o 46,269 (31 Januar 2019)[2] an covers an aurie o 1,109.73 square kilometre (428.47 sq mi) o which 91.78 km2 (35.44 sq mi) is watter.[1] The population densitie is 132.42 inhabitants per square kilometre (343.0/sq mi). The municipality is bilingual, awtho it is no required bi law, wi the majority bein Finnish an minority Swadish speakers.[6]

The municipality o Lohjan kunta wis consolidatit wi Lohja in 1997, an the municipality o Sammatti wis consolidated wi Lohja in 2009. The municipalities o Karjalohja an Nummi-Pusula wur consolidatit wi Lohja in 2013.

Politics[eedit | eedit soorce]

Results o the Finnish pairlamentar election, 2011 in Lohja:

Cultur[eedit | eedit soorce]

Lohja is famit for its cultural events. Mair nor a hunder different events are arrangit in the toun each year bi its residents an organisations. The maist notable are the Lohja Simmer Cultural Festival, the Apple Carnival organisit bi representatives o business an commerce, the retailers' Hurlumhei Carnival an the Auld Time Christmas mercat continue the tradeetion o fairs datin back tae the Middle Ages.

The doom metal baund Reverend Bizarre is frae this toun.

Sichts[eedit | eedit soorce]

Ane unique experience is the Tytyri limestane mine, which haes a museum 100 metres unnergrund. This attraction an exhibitions can be reached uisin either an auld mine wagon or a modren lift.[7] Ither places o note are:

  • Lohja museum aurie
  • The surroondins o Lake Lohja
  • The Gothic Kirk o St. Lawrence which dates frae the 15t century
  • Kisakallio Sport college
  • Floating Restaurant-Café Kaljaasi
  • Alitalo vineyard
  • St. Lawrence Golf an the recreation bath Neidonkeidas

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References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 Januar 2018.
  2. a b "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Tammikuu 2019" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 15 Mairch 2019.
  3. "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 Mairch 2009.
  4. "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 Apryle 2009.
  5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 Mairch 2011.
  6. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named population by language
  7. "Tytyri Mine Museum". Archived frae the original on 20 Julie 2011. Retrieved 25 Januar 2013.

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