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Kurikka
Sign in to saveKurikka is a town and municipality in Finland. It is located in the South Ostrobothnia region. The population of Kurikka is () and the municipality covers an area of of which is inland water (). The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kurikka
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town and municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Kurikka Church 2017.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Church in Kurikka.
- Settlement.image_shield
- Kurikka.vaakuna.2009.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Kurikka_sijainti_Suomi.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Kurikka in Finland
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe marker
- city
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- South Ostrobothnia
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Seinäjoki
- Settlement.leader_title
- Town manager
- Settlement.leader_name
- Anna-Kaisa Pusa
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Kurikan kaupunki
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Vaasa Province
- Official language
- Finnish
- Population
- 19759
- Area
- 19.29
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Shares border with
- Seinäjoki
- Legal form
- municipality of Finland
- Follows
- Jalasjärvi
- Official website
- kurikka.fi
- Image
- Kurikka Church 2017.jpg
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- Commons category
- Kurikka
- inception
- 1868-01-01
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Seinäjoki sub-region
- twinned administrative body
- Pärnu City
- topic's main category
- Category:Kurikka
- associated electoral district
- Vaasa
- citizens' initiative URL
- www.kuntalaisaloite.fi/sv/sok?municipalities=301
- P12749
- Kamchatka Krai
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Transport
- Sights
- Notable people
- International relations
- Twin towns — Sister cities
- References
- External links
Kurikka is a town and municipality in Finland. It is located in the South Ostrobothnia region. The population of Kurikka is () and the municipality covers an area of of which is inland water (). The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Kurikka is one of the largest 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kurikka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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