Karkku

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Karkku
Former municipality
Karkun kunta Karkku kommun
The Medieval Sastamala Church in Karkku.
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 61°25′06″N 023°00′47″E / 61.41833°N 23.01306°E / 61.41833; 23.01306
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]