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Teuva (Swedish: Östermark) is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the South Ostrobothnia region. The population of Teuva is 4,758 (31 December 2023)[2] and the municipality covers an area of 554.73 km2 (214.18 sq mi) of which 1.35 km2 (0.52 sq mi) is inland water (1 January 2018).[1] The population density is 8.58/km2 (22.2/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
History
In August 2010, more than fifty pocket-sized saunas were gathered on a lakeside within Teuva for the fifth annual Mobile Sauna Festival. Some six-thousand visitors attended the festival, doubling the population of Teuva for the weekend.[6][7]
Villages
- Horo
- Horonkylä[8]
- Kauppila
- Kirkonkylä
- Komsi
- Korvenkylä
- Luovankylä
- Nori
- Perälä
- Piikkilänkylä
- Riippi
- Salonpää
- Äystö[9]
Notable individuals
- Antti Rajamäki, sprinter
- Aulis Ranta-Muotio, politician
- Elonkerjuu, rock band
- Helge Saarikoski, politician and Member of Parliament
- Jorma Mattinen, professor and rector at the Åbo Akademi University from 2005-2014
- Jukka Rauhala, Olympic wrestler
- Lauri Ingman, theologian, bishop, politician and twice Prime Minister of Finland
- Mirjam Tuokkola, archer
- Nicole, a band
- Oiva Ketonen, philosopher, writer, academic and professor
- Otto Syreeni, businessman
- Pauli Nevala, javelin thrower
- Severi Savonen, professor
- Simo Korpela, poet and priest
- Roppal, also known as Riskipiiku, professional Osu! player
References
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "Mobile Sauna Festival in Teuva, Finland". the Guardian. 2010-08-10. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
- ^ POV. "Finlands Mobile Sauna Festival | Steam of Life | POV | PBS". Retrieved 2016-07-21.
- ^ "Tulevaisuus Teuvalla". www.teuva.fi. Archived from the original on 2016-08-14. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
- ^ "Äystö - Valoisa yrittäjäkylä | Äystö". www.aysto.fi. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
External links
Media related to Teuva at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Teuva – Official website
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