Kurikka

Location

Coat of arms

Kurikka is a city in Southern Ostrobothnia, in Finland. There were about 14,300 people living there on 31 January 2014. It is next to the municipalities of Ilmajoki, Jalasjärvi, Kauhajoki, Laihia, Malax, Närpes and Teuva.

The former municipality of Jurva was merged into Kurikka on 1 January 2009 and the former municipality of Jalasjärvi was merged into Kurikka on 1 January 2016.

About 98 % of the people living there speak Finnish.

Distances

Helsinki 346 km
Tampere 169 km
Turku 275 km
Oulu 357 km
Lahti 294 km
Kuopio 340 km
Jyväskylä 214 km
Pori 153 km
Vaasa 76 km
Seinäjoki 32 km
Lapua 57 km

Other websites

Media related to Kurikka at Wikimedia Commons

Official Kurikka site

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