# Nurmo

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{{Short description|Former municipality of Finland}}
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{{Infobox settlement
|name                   = Nurmo
|official_name          = {{lang|fi|Nurmon kunta}}<br />{{lang|sv|Nurmo kommun}}
|settlement_type        = Former municipality
|image_skyline          = File:Nurmo, Seinäjoki.png
|image_caption          = An apartment building in Nurmo
|image_shield           = Nurmo.vaakuna.svg
|image_map              = Nurmo.sijainti.suomi.2008.svg
|mapsize                = 150px
|map_caption            = Location of Nurmo in [Finland](/source/Finland)
|pushpin_mapsize        = 150px
|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = [Finland](/source/Finland)
|subdivision_type1      = [Region](/source/Regions_of_Finland)
|subdivision_name1      = [South Ostrobothnia](/source/South_Ostrobothnia)
|subdivision_type2      = [Sub-region](/source/Sub-regions_of_Finland)
|subdivision_name2      = Seinäjoki sub-region
|established_title      = Founded
|established_date       = 1868
|extinct_title          = Consolidated
|extinct_date           = 2009
|area_footnotes         = <ref name="total area">{{Cite web |url= http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/sites/default/files/pinta_alat_kunnittain_01012008.pdf |title= Area by municipality as of {{#time: j F Y|2008-01-01}} |accessdate={{#time: j F Y|2026-02-27}} |publisher= Land Survey of Finland |format= PDF |language= Finnish, Swedish}}</ref>
|area_total_km2         = 361.88
|area_land_km2          = 347.07
|area_water_km2         = 14.81
|population_as_of       = 2008-12-31
|population_footnotes   = <ref name="population count">{{Cite web|url = https://pxdata.stat.fi/PxWeb/sq/13d43221-f3ed-4638-b791-4780b4cd2f5f |title= 11rf -- Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003-2024 |accessdate={{#time: j F Y|2026-02-27}} |work= |publisher=Statistics of Finland |language= English }}</ref>
|population_total       = 12677
|population_density_km2 = auto
|demographics1_info1            = %
|demographics1_info2            = %
|demographics1_info3            = %
|demographics1_info4            = %
|demographics2_title1           = 0 to 14
|demographics2_info1            = %
|demographics2_title2           = 15 to 64
|demographics2_info2            = %
|demographics2_title3           = 65 or older
|demographics2_info3            = %
|timezone               = [EET](/source/Eastern_European_Time)
|utc_offset             = +2
|timezone_DST           = [EEST](/source/Eastern_European_Summer_Time)
|utc_offset_DST         = +3
|coordinates            = {{coord|62|49|40|N|022|54|30|E|region:FI_type:city(11448)_scale:100000|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type       = Postal code
|mapframe               = yes
|mapframe-marker        = town
}}
'''Nurmo''' is a [former municipality](/source/List_of_former_municipalities_of_Finland) of [Finland](/source/Finland). It was consolidated, together with [Ylistaro](/source/Ylistaro) to [Seinäjoki](/source/Sein%C3%A4joki) on 1 January 2009.

It is located in the [province](/source/provinces_of_Finland) of [Western Finland](/source/Western_Finland) and is part of the [South Ostrobothnia](/source/South_Ostrobothnia) [region](/source/regions_of_Finland). The municipality had a population of 12,378 (15 April 2007) and covered an area of {{convert|361.90|km²|0|abbr=on}} of which {{convert|14.54|km²|0|abbr=on}} is water. The [population density](/source/population_density) was 33.0 inhabitants per km².

The municipality was unilingually [Finnish](/source/Finnish_language).

Nurmo houses the HQ and main plant of the meat company [Atria](/source/Atria_(company)), 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 referendums 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 ceased to be an independent entity in 2009.

== Sources ==
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==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Nurmo}}
*[http://www.nurmo.fi/ Municipal homepage] {{in lang|fi}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070517232403/http://www.evl.fi/srk/nurmo/ Church homepage] {{in lang|fi}}

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Category:Former municipalities of Finland
Category:Seinäjoki
Category:Populated places disestablished in 2009
Category:2009 disestablishments in Finland

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[no:Ylihärmä](/source/no%3AYlih%C3%A4rm%C3%A4)

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