Kauhajoki

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Kauhajoki
Town
Kauhajoen kaupunki Kauhajoki stad
Kauhajoki Town Hall
Coat of arms
Location of Kauhajoki in Finland
Coordinates: 62°25′55″N 22°10′46″E / 62.43194°N 22.17944°E / 62.43194; 22.17944
Country	Finland
Region	Southern Ostrobothnia
Sub-region	Suupohja sub-region
Charter	1868
Town privileges	2001
Government
• Town manager	Niku Latva-Pukkila
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	1,315.54 km2 (507.93 sq mi)
• Land	1,298.98 km2 (501.54 sq mi)
• Water	16.46 km2 (6.36 sq mi)
• Rank	55th largest in Finland
Population  (2024-10-31)[2]
• Total	12,572
• Rank	80th largest in Finland
• Density	9.68/km2 (25.1/sq mi)
• Demonym	Kauhajokinen (Finnish)
Population by native language [2]
• Finnish	96.1% (official)
• Swedish	0.4%
• Others	3.5%
Population by age [3]
• 0 to 14	15.1%
• 15 to 64	57%
• 65 or older	27.9%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	kauhajoki.fi

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 Southern Ostrobothnia region, 59 kilometres (37 mi) southwest of the city of Seinäjoki. The population of Kauhajoki is 12,572 (31 October 2024)^[2] 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).^[1] The population density is 9.68/km² (25.1/sq mi). The town is unilingually Finnish.

The neighboring municipalities of Kauhajoki are Isojoki in the southwest, Kankaanpää in the south, Karijoki in the west, Karvia in the southeast, Kurikka in the north and Teuva in the west.^[5] Kauhajoki is the center of the Suupohja sub-region.^[6]