Nurmo
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Nurmo is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 12,378 (15.4.2007) and covers an area of 361.90 km² of which 14.54 km² is water. The population density is 33.0 inhabitants per km².
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Nurmo houses the HQ and main plant of the meat company Atria, which has 1700 local employees.
In early 2007 it was proposed to merge Nurmo with the city of Seinäjoki and the neighbouring municipality of Ylistaro. Consultative referanda were held in all three municipalities. Seinäjoki voted heavily in favour; Ylistaro a bare majority in favour, and Nurmo 3:1 against. However, on 21 May 2007 Nurmo Council agreed to the merger by 18 votes to 17; and the municipality will cease to be an independent entity in 2009.
[edit] External links
- Municipal homepage (in Finnish) http://www.nurmo.fi/
- Church homepage (in Finnish) http://www.evl.fi/srk/nurmo/
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