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Kauhajoki

Town in South Ostrobothnia, Finland

Kauhajoki (Finnish pronunciation:; lit. “Scoop River”) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the South Ostrobothnia region, 59 kilometres (37 mi) southwest of the city of Seinäjoki.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

  • HeadquartersKauhajoki, Finland1
  • Websitekauhajoki.fi
  • Legal formmunicipality of Finland1
  • Kind of organizationGovernment entity1
  • LEI743700UXY70YJ2ZNXC753
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressPL 500, FI-61801 Kauhajoki, Finland3
  • Registered withFinnish Patent and Registration Office, 0178718-33

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Kauhajoki Church, Finland2
Photo: Roquai, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Kauhajoki (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkɑu̯hɑˌjoki]; lit. “Scoop River”) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the South Ostrobothnia region, 59 kilometres (37 mi) southwest of the city of Seinäjoki. The population of Kauhajoki is 12,429 (31 December 2025) and the municipality covers an area of 1,298.98 km2 (501.54 sq mi) of which 16.46 km2 (6.36 sq mi) is inland water (1 January 2018). The population density is 9.57/km2 (24.8/sq mi). The town is unilingually Finnish.2

Corporate structure

Kauhajoki sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Kauhajoki Kauhajoki, Finland
    • Kauhajoen Lämpöhuolto Oy Subsidiary · 100% · Kauhajoki, Finland

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The story

Permanent settlement in the Kauhajoki area began in the 16th century and in 1584 chapel was built in Kauhajoki.

When the Soviet Union attacked Finland in the Winter War, in early December 1939 Parliament was evacuated and the legislature temporarily relocated to Kauhajoki, a town in western Finland far away from the frontline. The parliament held 34 plenary sessions in Kauhajoki, with the last on 12 February 1940.

2008 vocational college shooting

On 23 September 2008, a school shooting at a vocational college in the city left 11 dead, including the gunman, and another woman wounded. The incident was the second school shooting in less than a year in Finland, the other being the Jokela school shooting in November 2007, in which nine people including the gunman died. Before that, only one other school shooting had taken place in the country's history, in Rauma in 1989, leaving two people dead.

From Wikipedia’s article on Kauhajoki, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. Mar 15, 1978Founded Kauhajoki is founded3

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