Lohja has the fourth most summer cottages of any municipality in Finland, with 8,468 in the city as of June 2018.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Lohja is close to the Helsinki metropolitan area and benefits from a good road network. It takes less than an hour to drive from Helsinki to Lohja on the E18 motorway, which, along with Hangonväylä, is one of Lohja's main road connections.
The landscape of Lohja is characterized by manors and gardens. Its area is divided by the Lohja ridge, which forms a watershed for the largest lake system in Uusimaa, Lake Lohja (Lohjanjärvi); mostly that's why Lohja is also referred to as "Lake City" (järvikaupunki).<ref>Järvikaupunki Lohja yhdistää kaupunkielämän ja maaseudun rauhan (in Finnish)</ref> The medieval Church of St. Lawrence is the architectural highlight of downtown Lohja, which also includes a heterogeneous mix of buildings mostly dating from the 1960s onwards. The Lohja library, which was opened in 2005, is a distinctly modern building Template:Citation needed span
Lohja has been a focal point for the population and economy of western Uusimaa since the early 14th century. Template:Citation needed span The local inhabitants were among the pioneers of the Finnish mining and construction material industries. Lohja has long-established traditions in horticulture and especially in market gardening. These traditions are represented by the Template:Citation needed span
Pasi Perämäki is the city manager of Lohja. The city manager oversees the city committee.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In addition to the city committee, Lohja has a 51-seat municipal council. The parties represented in the council as well as their seat counts are listed below.
Template:Citation needed span The most notable are the Lohja Summer Cultural Festival, the Apple Carnival organized by representatives of business and commerce, the retailers' Hurlumhei Carnival and the Old Time Christmas market continue the tradition of fairs dating back to the Middle Ages.
The municipality of Lohja was consolidated with the city of Lohja in 1997, and the municipality of Sammatti in 2009. The municipalities of Karjalohja and Nummi-Pusula were consolidated with Lohja in 2013.
A significant part of the city of Lohja is not yet part of any district, since after the 1997 municipal association with the former rural municipality of Lohja.
Neighborhoods
The official city districts within the city proper of the municipality of Lohja are:<ref name="subdivisions">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="villages">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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