What is Kurikka?
[[File:Kurikka.sijainti.suomi.2009.svg|thumb|Location]] [[File:Asematie Kurikka.JPG|thumb]] [[File:Kurikka.vaakuna.2009.svg|thumb|90px|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 language|Finnish]]. == Distances == * [[Helsinki]] 346&nbsp;km * [[Tampere]] 169&nbsp;km * [[Turku]] 275&nbsp;km * [[Oulu]] 357&nbsp;km * [[Lahti]] 294&nbsp;km * [[Kuopio]] 340&nbsp;km * [[Jyväskylä]] 214&nbsp;km * [[Pori]] 153&nbsp;km * [[Vaasa]] 76&nbsp;km * [[Seinäjoki]] 32&nbsp;km * [[Lapua]] 57&nbsp;km == Other websites == {{Commonscat-inline}} * [http://www.kurikka.fi/ Official Kurikka site] [[Category:Cities in Finland]] [[Category:Municipalities of South Ostrobothnia]] {{multistub|geo|Europe}}