Kurikka

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Town and municipality in Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland

Coat of arms

Location of Kurikka in Finland

Coordinates: 62°37′N 022°24′E / 62.617°N 22.400°E / 62.617; 22.400Country

FinlandRegionSouthern OstrobothniaSub-regionSeinäjoki sub-regionFounded1868Market town1966City rights1977Government

• Town managerAnna-Kaisa PusaArea

(2018-01-01)^[1]

• Total1,743.86 km² (673.31 sq mi) • Land1,724.62 km² (665.88 sq mi) • Water7.79 km² (3.01 sq mi) • Rank36th largest in FinlandPopulation

(2023-12-31)^[2]

• Total19,759 • Rank56th largest in Finland • Density11.46/km² (29.7/sq mi) • Demonym

Kurikkalainen (Finnish)
From Kurikka (English) Kurikkalaanen (Local dialect)Population by native language

^[2]

• Finnish96.6% (official) • Swedish0.4% • Others2.9%Population by age

^[3]

• 0 to 1414.7% • 15 to 6454.7% • 65 or older30.6%Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)Websitekurikka.fi

Kurikka is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The population of Kurikka is 19,759 (31 December 2023)^[5] and the municipality covers an area of 1,724.62 km² (665.88 sq mi) of which 7.79 km² (3.01 sq mi) is inland water (1 January 2018).^[1] The population density is 11.46/km² (29.7/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Kurikka is one of the biggest shareholders in the Finnish energy giant Fortum as well as in Neste Oil, one of Northern Europe's biggest oil companies. The political scene of the town is dominated by the Finnish Centre because of the agricultural roots and past of the town.

The municipality of Jurva was consolidated to Kurikka on 1 January 2009 and municipality of Jalasjärvi on 1 January 2016.

Transport

The private coach company OnniBus route Helsinki—Seinäjoki—Vaasa has a stop at Jalasjärvi.

Notable people

Arsi Harju (born 1974), shot putter, olympic gold medalist 2000
Joni Isomäki (born 1985), former ice hockey player
Juha Mieto (born 1949), former cross country skier
Jorma Ollila (born 1950), Nokia and Royal Dutch Shell chairman of the board
Veikko Uusimäki (1921–2008), actor and theater councilor

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Kurikka is twinned with:

Ockelbo Municipality, Sweden
Melhus, Norway
Holmegaard, Denmark

References

^ ^a ^b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
^ "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 15 March 2019.