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Town and municipality in Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland
Kurikkalainen (Finnish)
From Kurikka (English) Kurikkalaanen (Local dialect)
Population by native language
[2]
• Finnish
96.6% (official)
• Swedish
0.4%
• Others
2.9%
Population by age
[3]
• 0 to 14
14.7%
• 15 to 64
54.7%
• 65 or older
30.6%
Time zone
UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)
UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website
kurikka.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)[2] 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.[citation needed]
The municipality of Jurva was consolidated to Kurikka on 1 January 2009 and municipality of Jalasjärvi on 1 January 2016.
Kurikka central sports park with river scene.
^ ab"Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ abc"Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 26 April 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
^"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.
^ ab"Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
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