Kurikka

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.