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Karkku
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Karkku | |
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Former municipality | |
| Karkun kunta Karkku kommun | |
 The Medieval Sastamala Church in Karkku. | |
 Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 61°25′06″N 023°00′47″E / 61.41833°N 23.01306°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Satakunta |
| Parish | 1328 |
| Consolidated | 1973 |
| Area | |
| • Land | 172.5 km2 (66.6 sq mi) |
| Population (1972)[1] | |
• Total | 2,625 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Climate | Dfc |
Karkku is a locality and former municipality in Pirkanmaa region, Finland. It was consolidated in 1973 with Vammala, which in turn, was consolidated with Äetsä and Mouhijärvi into a town of Sastamala in 2009. Karkku is located by the lake Rautavesi, about 13 kilometres north of the Sastamala town center.
The village of Karkku is listed as a Cultural environment of national significance by the Finnish National Board of Antiquities.[2]
- ^ "II Väestö". Statistical Yearbook of Finland 1972. Helsinki: Central Statistical Office. 1973. p. 16.
- ^ "Karkun taajama" (in Finnish). Finnish National Board of Antiquities. 22 December 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
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