Kauhava

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Kauhava

Total population

15,504

Land area1313.85 km²

Coordinates63.10°, 23.06°

Demographic figures from Statistics Finland. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Kauhava is a town and municipality of Finland. It is part of the South Ostrobothnia region, 400 kilometres (250 mi) northwest of Helsinki and by the main railway from Helsinki to Oulu. The town has a population of 14,909 and covers an area of 1,328.09 square kilometres (512.78 sq mi) of which 14.63 km2 (5.65 sq mi) is water. The population density is 11.35 inhabitants per square kilometre (29.4/sq mi).

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

S

Susanna Haapoja

Finnish politician (1966-2009)

Antti Tuuri

Finnish writer (born 1944)

Kyösti Virrankoski

Finnish politician

A

Aimo Huhtala

Finnish air force officer and pilot (1920-1994)

J

Jussi Pernaa

Finnish ice hockey defenceman

Raimo Vistbacka

Finnish politician

Anna-Kaarina Louvo

Finnish politician

E

Erkki Rintala

Finnish judge

I

Ilmari Laurila

Juhani Orrenmaa

Finnish politician

Jukka Kemppinen

Finnish professor, jurist, writer, poet and translator

K

Kosti Pollari

Finnish military officer

Marko Hautala

Finnish writer

M

Matti Sippola

R

Raimo Lehtinen

Finnish cross-country skier

S

Sakari Annala

Finnish lieutenant general

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Southern Ostrobothnia

• Soini
  39.3 mi away · pop. 2,367
• Mustafina Klada
  1231.1 mi away · pop. 164
• Ruškovica
  1231.4 mi away · pop. 56
• Grabričina
  1232 mi away
• Kompator
  1232.2 mi away · pop. 80
• Ludinica
  1233.2 mi away · pop. 14
• Katoličko Selišće
  1233.3 mi away · pop. 156
• Moslavačka Slatina
  1233.8 mi away · pop. 72
• Mala Ludina
  1234.1 mi away · pop. 159
• Desni Dubrovčak
  1234.3 mi away · pop. 115
• Gornja Vlahinićka
  1234.3 mi away · pop. 271
• Velika Ludina
  1234.6 mi away · pop. 751

Browse all places in Southern Ostrobothnia →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Eyed Hawkmoth

Smerinthus ocellata

Seen 2026-08-29

Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Seen 2026-08-28

alder buckthorn

Frangula alnus

Seen 2026-08-27

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisus

Seen 2026-08-22

hedge bindweed

Calystegia sepium

Seen 2026-08-22

common yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Seen 2026-08-22

common mugwort

Artemisia vulgaris

Seen 2026-08-22

tansy

Tanacetum vulgare

Seen 2026-08-22

Large White

Pieris brassicae

Seen 2026-08-19

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers